Stranger In Paradise vs The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3): Which Should You Read?

Cover of Stranger In Paradise Stranger In Paradise Robert B. Parker · 2008 ★★★★☆ 4.0 293 pages · ≈ 5 h 26 m · Moderate

Police Chief Jesse Stone faces his most fearsome adversary in the latest addition to the celebrated series.The last time Jesse Stone, chief of police of Paradise, Massachusetts, saw Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, the Apache…

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Cover of The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3) The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3) Josephine Tey · 1948 ★★★★☆ 4.0 310 pages · ≈ 5 h 44 m · Challenging

Robert Blair was about to knock off from a slow day at his law firm when the phone rang. It was Marion Sharpe on the line, a local woman of quiet disposition who lived with her mother at their decrepit country house,…

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Stranger In ParadiseThe Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3)
Goodreads 4.0 (9757) 4.0 (11134)
Hardcover 3.8 (9) 3.7 (19)
Google Books 3.0 (4) —
Apple Books 4.0 (328) 4.5 (21)

Reception

Stranger In ParadiseThe Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3)
Ratings 9757 11134
Editions 4 105
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 2067 —
Pages 293 310

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