Ann Granger: Asking for Trouble (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
The ingenious and lively first novel in the wonderful Fran Varady crime series.
Fran Varady is insolvent, unemployed and, though for the moment she's got the leaky roof of the squat she shares in Jubilee Street over her head, she'll very soon be homeless thanks to the council eviction department. Her dreams of becoming an actress, nurtured when her father and grandmother were still alive, seem a long way off. But Fran is a survivor... which her former housemate, Terry, found hanging from the ceiling of her room, clearly is not.

Terry, secretive and selfish, was far from popular with the rest of the household, but her death shakes the Jubilee Street Creative Artists' Commune, as the squat residents half jokingly call themselves. And, the more Fran discovers about the death of the young woman whose life briefly intersected with her own, the more she begins to see it was not all it first seemed.

Ann Granger: Asking for Trouble. Headline eBook, ISBN: 9780755377237 (March, 2014), 1696 KB (320 p.), £4.99.

Ann Granger: Asking for Trouble (UK 1997)

From the Publisher:
Fran Varady is insolvent, unemployed and, though for the moment she's got the leaky roof of the squat she shares in Jubilee Street over her head, thanks to the attentions of the council eviction department very soon she'll be homeless. Her dreams, nurtured when her father and grandmother were still alive, of becoming an actress, seem a long way off. But the quietly resolute Fran, for all her youth and apparent vulnerability, is a survivor. Which her former housemate, Terry, found hanging from the ceiling rose of her room, clearly is not. Terry, secretive and selfish, was hardly popular with the rest of the household, but her death shakes the Jubilee Street Creative Artists' Commune - as the residents of the squat half jokingly call themselves. And, the more Fran discovers about the death of the young woman whose life briefly intersected with her own, the more she begins to see it was not all it first seemed...

Ann Granger: Asking for Trouble. A Fran Varady Crime Novel. Headline, ISBN: 074725575X (September, 1997), 312 p., £6.99.

Ann Granger: Asking for Trouble (UK 1997)

From the Publisher:
Fran Varady is insolvent, unemployed and, though for the moment she's got the leaky roof of the squat she shares in Jubilee Street over her head, thanks to the attentions of the council eviction department she'll very soon be homeless. Her dreams of becoming an actress, nurtured when her father and grandmother were still alive, seem a long way off. But the quietly resolute Fran, for all her youth and apparent vulnerability, is a survivor. Which her former housemate, Terry, found hanging from the ceiling rose of her room, clearly is not.

Terry, secretive and selfish, was far from popular with the rest of the household, but her death shakes the Jubilee Street Creative Artists' Commune, as the squat residents half jokingly call themselves. And, the more Fran discovers about the death of the young woman whose life briefly intersected with her own, the more she begins to see it was not all it first seemed.

The first book in a series featuring Fran Varady, a youthful, quietly engaging private investigator living on her wits in the city, ASKING FOR TROUBLE is an exciting departure for Ann Granger whose Mitchell and Markby mysteries are consistently praised for their intelligent characterisation and clever plotting and have an appreciative and rapidly growing readership. Her new heroine, with her combination of acuteness and vulnerability, will appeal to Ann Granger's current fans and win her many more.

Ann Granger: Asking for Trouble. A Fran Varady Crime Novel. Headline, ISBN: 0747218676 (March, 1997), 312 p., £16.99.