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Loading... The Franchise Affair (1948)by Josephine Tey
Detective novel, ( )One of my favorite Tey's -- a mystery that doesn't involve murder, but still immensely satisfying when Marion Sharpe and her mother are cleared of all charges. Especially since it also involves exposing Betty for the liar that she is!! One of my favorite Tey's -- a mystery that doesn't involve murder, but still immensely satisfying when Marion Sharpe and her mother are cleared of all charges. Especially since it also involves exposing Betty for the liar that she is!! The Franchise Affair Josephine Tey Monday, March 18, 2013 9:08 PM A Folio edition, a tale of a lying teenager defaming two woman who live alone in a large inherited house. The description of Milford, England, and the life of the post-war era is exact and comical. The mystery is satisfyingly tidied up at the end. A fascinating book, based on an earlier real life story about two eccentric and unpopular women, accused of kidnapping and mistreating a young schoolgirl. Robert Blair, a settled, respectable country lawyer is called in to assist them and finds himself drawn in to the bizarre case and the lives of his clients. Although initially a reader may find it a little dated, and conservative in outlook, the book is also is a hymn to decency and justice, in the face of a sentimental press, ill-informed do-gooders and a prejudiced public. Highly recommended. no reviews | add a review Is contained inHas the adaptationIs abridged in
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The Franchise Affair resembles some of the best work of Poe in its introduction of an apparently inhuman evil in an otherwise sedate country setting. Robert Blair, a lawyer who prides himself on his ability to avoid work of any significance, is interrupted one evening by a phone call from Marion Sharpe. Ms. Sharpe and her mother live in a run-down estate known as the Franchise, and their lives drew little attention until Betty Kane charged them with an unthinkable crime. Ms. Kane, having disappeared for a month, now says that she was held captive in the attic of the Franchise during her entire absence. While her story seems absurd, her recollection of minute details about the interior of the house sway even Scotland Yard. Blair--who Ms. Sharpe has chosen for her defense because, as she says, he is "someone of my own sort"--must dust off his neurons and undertake some serious sleuthing if his client is to beat these serious charges. As with all fine mysteries, one has the sense of being in a sea of clues with a solution just out of reach. The Franchise Affair is a classic mystery, and also a superb record of country life in early twentieth century England. --Patrick O'Kelley
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