In the Frame

By: Dick Francis

Narrated by: Tony Britton

Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's Summary

The house was stripped bare of all its treasures. Gone was the furniture, the family silver, the paintings and the antique china. And if that was a shock for Charles Todd, painter of horses, how much more harrowing was the trauma for his cousin Donald, whose house it was and whose young wife lay on the sitting room floor, bloody and dead...

A coincidental meeting with a middle-aged widow sends Charles off to Australia, on the trail of a gang with a fruitful business in forging works of art. In a world of high stakes and tremendous risks, where villains will stop at nothing to achieve their ends, Dick Francis weaves his compelling narrative with the control of a master craftsman.

©1976 Dick Francis (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews

"Excitement from start to finish." ( Publishers Weekly)

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What made the experience of listening to In the Frame the most enjoyable?

it is another winner by dick francis good story with a twist

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

it keeps you guessing to the outcome

Which scene was your favorite?

the melbourne trip and hunt for clues

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

when in alice springs the crimes way of dealing with todd

Another Dick Francis Classic

Another Dick Francis Classic. Great with a fast moving engaging plot, a page turner,a great companion for anyone.

Sanitised crime

Dick Francis is a reliably consistent author who produces what in the UK would be called 'pot boilers' - great stories which don't tax the mind too much. This book, like all his other works, provides the reader with some highly improbable situations which the hero comes through with flying colours (if not a little bruised). It IS a very easy read (or listen) and there are many twists and turns before the end but in all Dick Francis books the criminal is either the perfect gentleman ("It's a fair cop, gov") or a psychopath getting away with the most outrageous crimes in full public view...and nobody doing a thing about it. In spite of this I always look forward to the next one.

Dick Francis at his best

I Loved this book as usual with dick francis you don't have to be mad on Horse Racing, The story twists and turns and takes you to the other side of the world. Loved Tony Britton narration.

Australian art world + death of cousin's wife

A classic Francis yarn, an interesting framework that leads the hero around the world in search of organised art thieves.

Beautifully written and lovingly read by Tony Britton, the consumate narrator.

A decent enough tale

Well read apart from the fact that the police inspector (a major role) had a strong Welsh accent but when he reappeared towards the last couple of chapters he’d turned into a Cockney!
I’d have thought this would have been picked up by the producer.

top. notch

loved it

a good mix of racing and detective story
Tony britton is a top notch narator