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Bezig met laden... Doodgeverfd (1976)door Dick Francis
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Dick Fracis books are always a bit predictable but even though I realized that I had read it before after the first few pages I had to finish it. ( ) I always turn to a Dick Francis novel, when I need a break from the latest writing styles of today. Francis always turns out to be a refreshingly sweet breeze from the past, full of old-fashioned manners, lifestyles, and attitudes, and isn't it nice to go there once in a while, for a short stay? Even if it's in a short novel such as this. In the Frame is a novel about a painter, instead of the usual jockey, which was a nice change of pace. Francis makes sure to write, in the beginning of the book, about how he spent time with two different real artists, just to be able to tell us how things work. How the artist paints, how he cleans his brushes, and how he feels about other artists. And I think Francis does an amazing job, once again. In the Frame deals not only with artists, painting, and (of course) horse racing, but also forgery, on a large, overseas scale. Once again, I was fascinated, and wanted to spend more time with the main character, even though the main reason for the mystery was a death. What a lovely time I had, living in this novel. I hope you will have one as well. James Todd is a moderately successful painter of racehorses. When his cousin’s wife is killed, presumably during a robbery, James is shaken and his cousin deeply shattered. A painting commission gives James a strange coincidence and a clue to the murder. He takes off from Britain to Australia to track down the clue, which revolves around famous paintings of horses. He believes that only by solving the murder can his cousin return to sanity. Lots of action and adventure and narrowly squeaking-by-death.As usual Francis's protagonists are motivated to do the right thing and are almost super-humanly good at it.
This is an interesting book. The protagonist of this book is Charles. He is a painter, and he visits his cousins's house. He decides to help his cousins when he knew his cousins's house was stole and his wife was killed. The beginning of the story is very attracting. In my opinion, the author is good at writing. The writer has very great logical ideas about this story. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)detebe (23309) El SĂ©ptimo CĂrculo (319) Mirabilia (97) Den svarte serie (138) Is opgenomen inIs verkort in
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HTML: Charles Todd is an English painter well known and respected for his renderings of sleek and athletic horses at the racetrack. What he now faces at his cousin Donald's house is also artâ??the art of a perfectly brutal murderer. Donald's home has been burglarized and his wife, Regina, is lying on her back dead, her face the color of cream. Donald is shattered, shockedâ??and a prime suspect. When Todd discovers a connection between recent burglaries and people who bought horse paintings, the racetrack lover finds himself in the biggest race of his life as he works to clear his cousin's name and trap a ruthless killer before the killer traps him Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden.
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