Mixing With Murder - Ann Granger

=== Background: === I was freezing the other day looking round the local Car Boot Sale when I discovered this book. It was in a large box of unwanted and generally tatty novels, and while fishing around in it I pulled out this one. I read the introduction and was impressed and when the seller told me I could have it for just 10p I knew I was onto a winner. === About the author: === Ann Granger has been writing suspense/thriller novels for many years. In that time she has built up a moderate fan base. The book I am reviewing features Fran Varady as a Private Investigator. The author was born in 1939 and had travelled extensively and worked ...  Read the complete review

Fran Varady, amateur sleuth, is minding her own business one day when she is given a task by club owner Mickey Allerton. Fran is reluctant to take the work - finding a missing dancer, Lisa, from Mickey's club - but she is forced into it when Mickey dognaps her dog, promising he will return it once she has found the girl in question. Annoyed, Fran goes to Oxford where Lisa's family are based and eventually manages to track down Lisa, who is not pleased to see her and refuses to return with her to London. Knowing that she will not get her dog back without some kind of progress on the Lisa front, Fran refuses to give up and keeps pressing Lisa for her ...  Read the complete review