The Franchise Affair
Their country house will soon play host to a nightmare
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Marion Sharpe and her mother seem an unlikely duo to be found on the wrong side of the law. Quiet and ordinary, they have led a peaceful and unremarkable life at their country home, The Franchise. Betty Kane, a demure young woman, accuses them of kidnapping and abuse. It takes Robert Blair, solicitor turned amateur detective, to solve the mystery that lies at the heart of The Franchise Affair.
About this Author
Josephine Tey is one of the best-known and best-loved of all crime writers. She began to write full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue (1929), which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. In 1937 she returned to crime writing with A Shilling for Candles, but it wasn't until after the Second World War that the majority of her crime novels were published. Josephine Tey died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust.
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Random House UK
Published: 2022-11-15
Reviews
The Franchise Affair is an ingenious book ... The essential mystery is wonderfully established; the claustrophobic building-up of the apparently seamless case against the Sharpes is impeccably done--Sarah Waters
Permanent classics in the detective field . . . no superlatives are adequate--The New York Times
A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable--Sunday Times
As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays--Observer
Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . . credible and convincing--Spectator
Really first class . . . a continual delight--Times Literary Supplement
Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are among the best in the field--New Yorker
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