The Case of the Abduction of Betty Kane. Disappearance

Josephine Tey (real name — Elizabeth Mackintosh; 1896–1952) — a famous writer, daughter of a Scotsman and an Englishwoman, a recognized master of British detective fiction. In 1929, she made her debut with the book «The Man in the Queue», where Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, a true professional of investigation, first appeared. However, in the novel «The Case of the Abduction of Betty Kane» (1948), he is given a supporting role. The task of unraveling the astonishing criminal story falls to «the peaceable village lawyer and gentleman» Robert Blair. Two respectable-looking ladies kidnapped a schoolgirl and forced her to work for them, holding her in their lonely house. Everything points against them, yet the ladies insist on their complete innocence... In the novel «Disappearance», Inspector Grant unravels the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of an American photographer who mysteriously vanished in the English countryside. Behind traditional British restraint lie great passions, and things are not as they seem at first glance. Films were made based on the novel «The Case of the Abduction of Betty Kane» in 1951 and 1962, and a television series in 1988.