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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherTouchstone
ISBN-100684842564
ISBN-139780684842561
eBay Product ID (ePID)11762
Product Key Features
Book TitleFranchise Affair
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, General, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
GenreFiction
AuthorJoséphine Tey
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-018696
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal823/.912
SynopsisRobert 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.