The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey Paperback Book 9780241639139

The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouthwatering prospect Daily TelegraphAbducted beaten hidden in an attic a young woman stages an audacious escape But is her story everything she claims it to beFifteenyearold Betty Kane can recall every detail of the room where she says she was held at the country house known as The Franchise even the crack in its round window But her alleged kidnappers a quietliving mother and daughter claim they have never seen her before Somebody has to be lying But who As the case sparks a media frenzy it is up to unassuming village solicitor Robert Blair to find out