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The Franchise Affair

Author: Josephine Tey   Series: Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage

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One of the great country house detective novels, entertaining and ingeniousMarion Sharpe and her mother are quiet and ordinary villagers, enjoying a peaceful life in their country home, the Franchise. Everything changes when a local schoolgirl accuses them of kidnap and abuse, describing the attic room of the house as her prison. Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant is called to solve the mystery of the Franchise, but will he fall right in the middle of nightmarish affair that will change a town, and its locals' lives, forever?

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Critic Reviews

Permanent classics in the detective field . . . no superlatives are adequate. New York Times
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
A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable. Sunday Times
The perfect introduction to her world. -- Val McDermid

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About the Author

Josephine Tey 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. It wasn't until after the Second World War that the majority of her crime novels were published. Born in Inverness, Tey died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust.

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd | Penguin Classics
Published
13th July 2023
Pages
304
ISBN
9780241639139

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