The Franchise Affair : The Best Selling Crime (Paperback)

from fromthecomfychair

Just excellent, good writing and characterization. I didn't know enough English history to appreciate The Daughter of Time, but this book displayed Tey's writing and plotting chops. Her conservative views of the undeserving poor are a little off-putting, but since it is not a contemporary mystery...

from MrsLee

A young girl who has been missing, turns up with bruises and claims to have been kidnapped and beaten by two women. She gives a detailed account of their home, but they claim never to have seen her before. Who is lying? Inspired by an actual case, this is a good story. The pace at times seemed pr...

from japaul22

In a word, delightful. It's no surprise to me that I enjoy a 1940s british mystery. Tey crafts interesting characters, a suspenseful plot, and good dialogue, and I don't need much more in a mystery. Also, this was a folio society publication and that of course made it even more fun to read.

from bunnyjadwiga

A workmanlike investigation of an interesting premise but a very, very hideously dated and problematic actual plotline. The investigator (and his circle) are continually making judgements based on who is 'their kind of people' and any people who aren't their kind of people who are on the side of ...

from PaperDollLady

This book just might make you fall in love with lawyers. Robert Blair is such a well-developed and likable (a lawyer no less) character, as is his Irish lawyer friend, Macdermott, who contributes to the concept of getting justice for Blair's clients. I didn't think that I would like any of Tey's ...