IN THE FRAME

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