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'Fyfield is unnervingly good at getting inside even the most twisted minds and her characters are triumphantly three-dimensional' Guardian
'Fyfield is incapable of writing a description that doesn't reek with menace and foreboding' The Times
'A clever, disquieting tale' Literary Review
'{An} exquisite writer of dead-sharp prose...she does psychological thrillers better than anyone' Mirror
'Fyfield is always unerringly skilful at probing the troubled waters of human relationships' --Independent
'Fyfield's mastery of both description and prose make every sentence a pleasure' --Times - TLS
'Fyfield is cool and convincing as well as being extremely good at suspense' --The Lady
'Fyfield is incapable of writing a description that doesn't reek with menace and foreboding' The Times
'A clever, disquieting tale' Literary Review
'{An} exquisite writer of dead-sharp prose...she does psychological thrillers better than anyone' Mirror
'Fyfield is always unerringly skilful at probing the troubled waters of human relationships' --Independent
'Fyfield's mastery of both description and prose make every sentence a pleasure' --Times - TLS
'Fyfield is cool and convincing as well as being extremely good at suspense' --The Lady
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A deceptively subtle and disturbing mystery of unrequited love, family betrayal and the secrets which bind together the most unlikely allies
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Format:Hardcover
Frances Fyfield never disappoints. This is another intriguing mystery with an interesting and entirely believable denoument. It is a story of loyalty, obsession and betrayal. The descriptions of one of the London locations are not for the faint-hearted. Sarah Fortune herself is a fascinating character who understands Jessica better than anyone, especially her... Oops! Mustn't give away the plot. Thank goodness Frances Fyfield writes full length novels. I have them all. They are so much more satisfying than short stories. [[ASIN:1847441092 Cold to the Touch]
Format:Paperback
A tense read in Fyfield style. The London end of the scenario creates a vivid picture of Smithfield Market the rural end the life of an enthusiastic butcher.
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This was the first book I'd read by Frances Fyfield, so I'm grateful to a reviewer who pointed me in the right direction. An intriguing, slightly creepy little tale of a girl who went wild and burned her boats, ran off to London and got in worse trouble. And comes home to the village of Pennyvale, a village by the sea, described as a perfect place, but which seems to me to have shadows over it. You can never see all of it from anywhere. It has secrets - including the life of Jessica's father who dies when she was 14.
Jessica's friend, Sarah - clearly a woman with a Past - comes to Pennyvale at Jessica's prompting, rents a cottage and promptly becomes tangled up in Jessica's story, Jessica's mystery. And she ends up trying to avenge her friend's death. This book has one of the oddest conclusions of any detective story I've read for a long time, and I'll now have to go back and read the earlier ones (it's great to find a series you can hoover up!) before - hopefully - any sequels are published.
Jessica's friend, Sarah - clearly a woman with a Past - comes to Pennyvale at Jessica's prompting, rents a cottage and promptly becomes tangled up in Jessica's story, Jessica's mystery. And she ends up trying to avenge her friend's death. This book has one of the oddest conclusions of any detective story I've read for a long time, and I'll now have to go back and read the earlier ones (it's great to find a series you can hoover up!) before - hopefully - any sequels are published.
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