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The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
5.0

I've been wanting to read this Tey title for a very long time &, other than the reader sees very little of Inspector Grant, it did not disappoint.

This tale of the disappearance of a young girl & her bizarre accusations against a mother & daughter was very hard to put down and I wolfed through it in around 24 hours.

As it is a Golden Age you have to put up with an author's foibles, & Ms Tey has the firm belief that you can tell a criminal by certain characteristics - in this book eye colour(!) Never mind. Tey's ability to sketch characters in a few words & her realisation of small town life
Spoiler certainly not all innocent bliss!
is quite wonderful & I was entertained until the end.