{"product_id":"2026200014339-secondhand-in-the-frame","title":"In The Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen artist Charles Todd's cousin returns home to find his wife murdered and his most prized paintings stolen, the trail of loss and deception pulls Charles into a deadly international art fraud conspiracy that stretches from the English countryside to the sun-scorched outback of Australia. In the Frame is a masterclass in suspense, as Dick Francis weaves the genteel world of fine art with the raw menace of organised crime, placing an ordinary man at the centre of an extraordinarily dangerous web of forgery, theft, and murder.\n\nFrancis, the celebrated former champion jockey turned crime novelist, brings his trademark authenticity and razor-sharp plotting to this 1976 thriller, replacing his customary racetrack milieu with the equally rarefied world of galleries and auction houses. His prose is lean and propulsive, trusting the tension of the plot to carry the reader forward, while his protagonist remains compellingly human — a man driven not by heroism, but by loyalty and a stubborn refusal to look away. For anyone who has yet to discover why Dick Francis was one of the most reliably gripping crime writers of the twentieth century, this is the perfect place to start.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161027256539,"sku":"2026200014339-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c8e77fe2-c942-446a-b9da-9cfc0aadd67c.png?v=1787189387","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014339-secondhand-in-the-frame","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}