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The Franchise Affair
Robert Blair was about to knock off from a slow day at his law firm when the phone rang. It was Marion Sharpe on the line, a local woman of quiet disposition who lived with her mother at their decrepit country house, The Franchise. It appeared that she was in some serious trouble: Miss Sharpe and her mother were accused of brutally kidnapping a demure young woman named Betty Kane. Miss Kane's claims seemed highly unlikely, even to Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, until she described her prison -- the attic room with its cracked window, the kitchen, and the old trunks -- which sounded remarkably like The Franchise. Yet Marion Sharpe claimed the Kane girl had never been there, let alone been held captive for an entire month! Not believing Betty Kane's story, Solicitor Blair takes up the case and, in a dazzling feat of amateur detective work, solves the unbelievable mystery that stumped even Inspector Grant.
Book Details
- Publisher: Scribner Book Company
- Publish Date: Aug 18th, 1998
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.30in - 0.66in - 0.57lb
- EAN: 9780684842561
- Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
About the Author
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What people are saying
Author. Autodidact. History lover. Entrepreneur. Champion of old books, the Old West, and underdog football (⚽) teams. Usually to be found in another century.
@AbigailFalanga Have you read Anthony Trollope? I suggest starting with THE WARDEN (if you like it, you'll want to go on and read the even better sequel BARCHESTER TOWERS). For mystery, THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR or THE DAUGHTER OF TIME by Josephine Tey (can't decide which is more awesome).
Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large, & I contain multitudes. Reader, Navy vet, mom, married 2 best friend #44ever #Dem B kind!
@JohnKaso @MuellerSheWrote @RadioFreeTom Read today in Josephine Tey’s The Franchise Affair (1949) “Your true criminal…has 2 unvarying characteristics, & it is the 2 characteristics which make him a criminal. Monstrous vanity and colossal selfishness.” https://t.co/HfUHrl4JxZ
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What people are saying
Author. Autodidact. History lover. Entrepreneur. Champion of old books, the Old West, and underdog football (⚽) teams. Usually to be found in another century.
@AbigailFalanga Have you read Anthony Trollope? I suggest starting with THE WARDEN (if you like it, you'll want to go on and read the even better sequel BARCHESTER TOWERS). For mystery, THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR or THE DAUGHTER OF TIME by Josephine Tey (can't decide which is more awesome).
Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large, & I contain multitudes. Reader, Navy vet, mom, married 2 best friend #44ever #Dem B kind!
@JohnKaso @MuellerSheWrote @RadioFreeTom Read today in Josephine Tey’s The Franchise Affair (1949) “Your true criminal…has 2 unvarying characteristics, & it is the 2 characteristics which make him a criminal. Monstrous vanity and colossal selfishness.” https://t.co/HfUHrl4JxZ