{"product_id":"the-franchise-affair-penguin-modern-classics","title":"The Franchise Affair (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbducted, beaten, hidden in an attic, a young woman stages an audacious escape. But is her story everything she claims it to be?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFifteen-year-old 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 quiet-living 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJosephine Tey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e began to write full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Man in the Queue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1929), which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. It wasn't until after the Second World War that the majority of her crime novels were published. Born in Inverness, Tey died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43788402917533,"sku":"9780241639139","price":62.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/41aN1-_Wv5L._SX324_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1688703117","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-franchise-affair-penguin-modern-classics","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}