The Franchise Affair

For fans of true crime (the novel is based on a true story) and of classic crime fiction, a gripping thriller and a masterful expose of the powerful connections between media, the establishment and what people choose to believe. Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector''s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by David Stuart Davies. Fifteen-year-old Betty Kane has never put a foot wrong. Naturally, everyone is shocked and horrified to hear her story - that she was kidnapped, tortured and held prisoner by Marion Sharpe and her elderly mother, owners of the mysterious old house, The Franchise. But are the two women really guilty of such a horrendous crime? Every page resonates with tension as the story unfolds - did they or didn''t they take a young girl prisoner? And whose story can you trust?

About the author

Josephine Tey, author of The Daughter of Time and The Franchise Affair, was born Elizabeth MacKintosh in Inverness in Scotland in 1896. She trained and worked as a teacher before returning to her family home to look after her elderly parents. It was there that she took up writing. Although she described her crime writing, written under the pen name Josephine Tey, as 'my weekly knitting' she was and is recognized as a major writer of the Golden Age of Crime writing. She was also successful as a novelist and playwright, writing under the name of Gordon Daviot. Her plays were performed in London and on Broadway. A fiercely private woman, she died at her sister's home in 1952.

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Tey
• Assisted by: David Stuart Davies (Introduction)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2023
• EAN: 9781529090376
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-9037-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 101 mm x 158 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Crime, True Crime, Classic crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Domestic, Surrey, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Historical crime and mysteries, Classic crime and mystery fiction, c 1940 to c 1949, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century