In the Frame

by Dick Francis

Book Overview

Charles Todd is an English artist, well-known for his renderings of sleek and athletic horses. But what he sees at his brother's he cannot capture on canvas. His sister-in-law has been murdered, and his brother is the prime suspect. Todd sudenly finds himself in a dangerous manhunt as he searches for an elusive killer who paints his own picture of mayhem....

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671696483
• ISBN13: 9780671696481
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Dick Francis is a master

This book is a great adventure, with a mystery and attempted murder to go with it.

The book that started it all (for my family)

Dick Francis is a huge hit in my house. "In The Frame" was the first of his books that my wife ever read. She loved it so much she started looking for more of his books. Now, several years later, our office houses every book in the Dick Francis catalog. But, enough about my wife. I have never been a reader. Prior to 2005, I had never read a book for pleasure. My wife pushed me to give the Francis book "The Edge" a read because it is set on a train (and she knows I'm a sucker for trains). I gave it a try and haven't stopped reading the Francis catalog since. To date, I have read about three quarters of the Francis collection. So far, I have only come across three kinds of books in his catalog, good ones, great ones, and incredible ones. "In The Frame" is one of the incredible ones. If you'd had told me four years ago that I would become hooked on books set around English Steeplechasing in the coming years, I'd have considered you insane. But, here I am, and thanks to Dick Francis, I am completely hooked.

Francis at his best

Dick Francis has written nearly 40 novels now, and In the Frame is in the top 7 or 8 as far as I'm concerned. The hero actually remains a bit of a cipher, but his friend Jik and his wife are two of Francis's really good characters. The information about painting and Australia is interesting, the ongoing joke about betting is pretty funny, and all kinds of images come to mind when I think back on this novel--a spot of breaking and entering while a famous race is detailed on the radio, Jik's wife and her purse, a handful of narrow escapes, the landscape down under. The mystery is good and the humor and wit are sharp. I'm glad to see that this is being reprinted again--it's one of Dick Francis's best novels, and a good place to start for those who have never read a Francis novel before.

In The Frame

Dick Francis was the master of mystery. He always knew how to keep the reader interested until the end of his books. In The Frame is no exception. Charles Todd is an artist who tries to help his cousin. In so doing, this takes him on a trek around Australia to find a thief and killer. This puts his own life and the lives of his friends in peril as well.

Fantastic, absolutely FANTASTIC!

As Dick Francis is English and i am Australian, it was great hearing about Aus from a different point of view. As well as this, the story was thrilling with an excellent story line that slowly unravelled as you got further into the book. It is about paintings (mostly of horses) being forged and then stolen and so forth. This is truly an excellent book, and, in my eyes, one of his greatest triumphs. (I have read all of his books, liking 'The Edge', 'Bone Crack' and 'In The Frame' most of all.