The Franchise Affair (Paperback)

from Smiler69

Robert Blair is a sedate solicitor and the current head of a well established and respectable family firm in a small English town. He lives a quiet and predictable life and is content living with his aunt who feeds him well. One day, he receives a surprising phone call from Marion Sharpe, the cur...

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 bcquinnsmom

Although this is listed as the third book in Tey's Alan Grant series, here he plays more of a background role rather than the main character. That honor goes to Robert Blair, a typical small-town English solicitor in the quiet village of Milford. His old and established legal firm, Blair, Hayward...

from mrtall

The Franchise Affair is a highly-readable crime novel that's not a murder mystery. The set-up is an odd one: a reclusive but respectable middle-aged woman and her elderly mother have been accused of kidnapping a teenaged girl and trying to compel her to become their housemaid. The story is based ...