- Hardcover: 397 pages
- Publisher: Magna Large Print Books; Large Print Ed edition (15 Jan 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 075052118X
- ISBN-13: 978-0750521185
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,137,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Watching Out: (Fran Varady 5)
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Fran Varady fell into private detective work by accident rather than design. Now she's got a 'real' job at a trendy pizzeria, she's back on track with her acting ambitions, and she's even found a nice flat to rent. But things aren't as straightforward as they seem. The job, for a start: there's something rather sinister about the way the pizzeria is run. And the play rehearsals aren't going well. As if all this doesn't bring problems enough, Fran has rashly undertaken to help a young boy, illegally in the country, find an elusive people-trafficker called Max. When the trail Fran is following is suddenly and tragically interrupted by a horrifying death, she finds herself up against dangerous men and a ruthless organisation. Fran's in big trouble this time...
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About the Author
Ann Granger has worked in British embassies in various parts of the world. She now lives with her husband in Oxfordshire.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I didn't recognise this book from the boring publisher's review above. Fran is now working in a trendy pizzeria - once Jimmie's SpudBar - as a waitress, and rehearsing at night in a production of The Hound of the Baskervilles to take place above a local pub. She has suspicions about the pizzeria - even more so when she hears a young boy asking for someone called Max at the back door, and then being ordered away. Later she meets him and after hearing his story, believes him. He is then pushed under an underground train and Fran and Susie Duke - the private detective's widow from the previous book - set about looking for the sinister Max. I was disapointed when the Mitchell & Markby books stopped as I really enjoyed them; I was nearly as suspicious of this very young, bolshie street girl as Fran is of the pizzeria. But I have now got into the books and like them very much. What is more, they are re-readable, which is my own test of a book. I look forward to the next Fran Varady in Feb 2004
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this a very engrossing story, couldnt get enough, and continued reading throughout the night to get to the end.
Ann Granger certainly knows how to grip her readers, and this is one of her best.
Ann Granger certainly knows how to grip her readers, and this is one of her best.
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Flawless peformance of a four-star crime novel
4 Sep 2004
Format:Audio Cassette
Aspiring actress Fran Varady didn't set out to be a detective; she's been busy enough struggling not to be unemployed and homeless in modern London.
In Watching Out, the 5th Fran Varady novel by Ann Granger, Fran's got a new home of her own (a small flat in a building run by a charity), a steady job waiting tables at a trendy pizzeria, and a part in a play to be performed in a local pub.
So she's reluctant to help a teenaged illegal alien when he turns up at her door in search of the mysterious "Max." The kid's sure he's seen "Max" in the pizzeria, despite the fact that nobody with that name or description works there. Max's smuggling operation got the kid's brother into the UK but the brother's disappeared and the kid's frantic to find him.
And anyway, Fran thinks there's something very fishy about the trendy pizzeria where she works. Could it be somehow part of a larger organization that's up to nothing good? Enter the spunky blonde widow of a seedy PI who was murdered in one of Fran's previous adventures, dead set on getting Fran involved in the PI biz. Add driving lessions for Fran, the production of a play in a local pub with a large dog onstage (never act with dogs or children), Fran's friend Ganesh and his family . . . and a sudden horrific death. Which pushes Fran inevitably into sleuthing, much to the irritation of the police - and a few ruthless criminals.
This gets four stars instead of five for some disappointments in Granger's plot.
However, the professional rendering of this novel into audiobook is unarguably excellent.
Once again in this unabridged audiobook, Kim Hicks gives perfect voice to Fran Varady, and to the characters in her world. This is another flawlessly performed work by an adept professional.
In Watching Out, the 5th Fran Varady novel by Ann Granger, Fran's got a new home of her own (a small flat in a building run by a charity), a steady job waiting tables at a trendy pizzeria, and a part in a play to be performed in a local pub.
So she's reluctant to help a teenaged illegal alien when he turns up at her door in search of the mysterious "Max." The kid's sure he's seen "Max" in the pizzeria, despite the fact that nobody with that name or description works there. Max's smuggling operation got the kid's brother into the UK but the brother's disappeared and the kid's frantic to find him.
And anyway, Fran thinks there's something very fishy about the trendy pizzeria where she works. Could it be somehow part of a larger organization that's up to nothing good? Enter the spunky blonde widow of a seedy PI who was murdered in one of Fran's previous adventures, dead set on getting Fran involved in the PI biz. Add driving lessions for Fran, the production of a play in a local pub with a large dog onstage (never act with dogs or children), Fran's friend Ganesh and his family . . . and a sudden horrific death. Which pushes Fran inevitably into sleuthing, much to the irritation of the police - and a few ruthless criminals.
This gets four stars instead of five for some disappointments in Granger's plot.
However, the professional rendering of this novel into audiobook is unarguably excellent.
Once again in this unabridged audiobook, Kim Hicks gives perfect voice to Fran Varady, and to the characters in her world. This is another flawlessly performed work by an adept professional.
The Show Must Go On
29 July 2008
Format:Paperback
Actors are a plucky and intrepid lot. Having been one myself eons ago, I can attest to the perseverance that Granger's cast of characters exude even if the show they're trying to put on is mind-numbingly awful and their personal lives are repeatedly distracted by the workings of nefarious characters. Her female amateur sleuth Fran Varady is well drawn and self-sufficient as a former resident of the streets, and a good job has been done in authentically painting the London cityscape in which the mayhem transpires. It's a cozy read for a dark and stormy night with a pot of tea by one's side but, alas, I wasn't as surprised by the outcome as I was hoping to be. Nonetheless, I'll be watching for Granger's next novel.
Christina Hamlett
Author of "Movie Girl"
Christina Hamlett
Author of "Movie Girl"
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