In The Frame (Digital Original)

By: Dick Francis

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Synopsis: From a New York Times bestseller, &“action, character, and color ride in perfect balance&” in a thriller about a horse portraitist turned amateur sleuth (Kirkus Reviews). Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. Charles Todd, a renowned painter of horses, is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donald&’s house for a weekend visit to find his cousin&’s young wife dead on the floor and Donald the police&’s prime suspect. Determined to prove Donald&’s innocence, Todd trails a series of clues from England to Australia to New Zealand, only to realise someone is trailing him. Someone with every intention of taking him out of the picture for good . . .Praise for the writing of Dick Francis: &“Dick Francis is a wonder.&” —The Plain Dealer &“Few things are more convincing than Dick Francis at a full gallop.&” —Chicago Tribune &“Few match Francis for dangerous flights of fancy and pure inventive menace.&” —Boston Herald &“[The] master of crime fiction and equine thrills.&” —Newsday &“[Francis] has the uncanny ability to turn out simply plotted yet charmingly addictive mysteries.&” —The Wall Street Journal &“Francis is a genius.&” —Los Angeles Times &“Nobody executes the whodunit formula better.&” —Chicago Sun-Times &“A rare and magical talent . . . who never writes the same story twice.&” —The San Diego Union-Tribune