In The Frame

Dick Francis

ସେପ୍ଟେମ୍ବର 2019 · Canelo

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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

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Dick Francis is widely acclaimed as one of the world's finest thriller writers. His awards include the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for his outstanding contribution to the crime genre, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tufts University of Boston. In 1996 Dick Francis was made a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master for a lifetime's achievement and in 2000 he received a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.