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The Franchise Affair
by Josephine Tey
This is the first book I've read by Josephine Tey. Beautiful, understated writing and sense of place. The case is certainly interesting, and for a while I was kept guessing about whether the accused were guilty or not. That being said, there wasn't a whole lot of real sleuthing going on. No one really unravels a puzzle from hidden clues; which is some of the brain-teasing fun of a real mystery.
There's a theme in the book about media spin, mass hysteria and mob mentality and about personal responsibility and ethics. I found that thought-provoking because I deal with those issues every day. How do you balance the rights of the "attacker" and the rights of the "victim" before all the facts of the story are uncovered? And what if the facts are never uncovered. It's a tricky thing to think about a newspaper's role in that.
There's a theme in the book about media spin, mass hysteria and mob mentality and about personal responsibility and ethics. I found that thought-provoking because I deal with those issues every day. How do you balance the rights of the "attacker" and the rights of the "victim" before all the facts of the story are uncovered? And what if the facts are never uncovered. It's a tricky thing to think about a newspaper's role in that.