Keeping Bad Company - Softcover

Granger, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747255768 ISBN 13: 9780747255765

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

Alcoholic Albie may not be a reliable witness, but his claims might just be true...

When Fran Varady meets a down-and-out who has witnessed a kidnapping, she is soon on the case inKeeping Bad Company,the second book in Ann Granger's Fran Varady series. The perfect read for fans of Rebecca Tope and Val McDermid.

'The reader can expect a treat. Fran Varady is as fresh and vital as ever... Lively, different and fun' -Yorkshire Post

Buying a coffee for down-and-out 'Alkie' Albie at Marylebone Station is Fran Varady's good deed for the day. But when the grateful Albie takes her into his confidence, Fran suddenly finds herself launched on her second investigation. For Albie, though obviously fond of a drink and none too familiar with soup and water, is absolutely clear about one thing - he claims to be the only witness to the violent abduction of a young girl.

Although the police scornfully dismiss Albie's story as alcoholic hallucinations, Fran is determined to follow it up. And her suspicions seem to be spot on when she is warned off by her old sparring partner, Sergeant Parry, and then approached by a boyhood friend of her late father's, distraught over the kidnapping of his daughter. But this is only the beginning of Fran's investigation - days later, Alkie Albie is found dead...

What readers are saying aboutKeeping Bad Company:

'Thecharacterisations are great-people and places so alivethatyou feel like you're right there'

'Thedialogue weaves in and out of the main characters personalities, whom the author describes in anengaging and detailed fashion'

'Justexcellent'

About this title

About the Author

Ann Granger has lived in cities all over the world, since for many years she worked for the Foreign Office and received postings to British embassies as far apart as Munich and Lusaka. She is now permanently based in Oxfordshire.

From AudioFile

Granger departs from her Markby and Mitchell series with this refreshing mystery. Amateur sleuth Fran Varady befriends a homeless alcoholic in London who confesses to having witnessed the abduction of a young woman. When no one else takes Alkie Albie's claim seriously, Fran begins to investigate--in spite of threats and eventual injury. Narrator Kim Hicks is superb, creating a sincere Fran whom listeners cannot fail to warm to. She also portrays a wide range of secondary characters, including street people, Fran's retired librarian landlady, and Sergeant Parry, Fran's conservative partner. Each character is finely developed by Granger and perfectly brought to life by Hicks. The complex story never wavers because Hicks gives plot the same care that she gives character and dialogue. S.G.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0747255768
• ISBN 13: 9780747255765
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320