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Frances Fyfield A Clear Conscience (Helen West Mystery)
Penguin (Non-Classics) 2001 0140282513 / 9780140282511 MM Very Good
0140282513 0140282513 From Publishers Weekly Tensions between the ideal and the actual drive Fyfield's thought-provoking, somewhat downbeat tale. Crown Prosecutor Helen West, last seen in Shadow Play (1993), is frustrated at work by battered women who won't testify against their abusers and at home by general untidiness. To tackle the latter, she hires Cath, a somewhat crude but diligent cleaning lady. When Helen glimpses bruises on Cath, she realizes that Cath's husband, a bartender named Joe, is just the sort of fellow she'd like to see hauled into court. At the same time, Helen's lover, Police Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey, is troubled by a case he thinks was prematurely closed: the pub-fight murder of Damien Flood, who was Cath's beloved brother. From a different angle than Helen's, Bailey's eye also focuses on Cath's husband. Then another murder changes the picture. Defying simple judgments and complacent assessments, the plot features a twist at the close that will leave readers mulling over all that has gone before?and Fyfield's message. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review Francis Fyfield, a lawyer herself, adds an extra dimension to detection. -- P. D. James Fyfield is a wonder...An intricate and surprise-filled plot. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Frances Fyfield A Question of Guilt
Pocket 1990 0671676652 / 9780671676650 MM Very Good
0671676652 0671676652 From Publishers Weekly This first novel by a London solicitor is wonderfully British, devilishly intricate and, once the reader settles in, compelling indeed. Eileen Cartwright, a rich, middle-aged widow of less than lofty moral standards, arranges the murder of her solicitor's wife, under the mistaken impression that the act will win his affections. But the hired murderer, would-be private detective Stanislaus Jaskowski, is caught almost immediately--and confesses all. The trying task of proving the widow Cartwright's role in the crime falls to police superintendent Geoffrey Bailey and prosecutor Helen West--who are slowly and deliciously drawn together personally and professionally. While the case comes to involve Jaskowski's sons, Edward and Peter, the horrifying truth is revealed as the reader gradually learns the motives driving each of the marvelously drawn characters in this auspicious first volume in Pocket's new hardcover mystery series. Major ad/promo; BOMC alternate. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review "These women with hands-on experience in crime write very good mysteries." -- Publishers Weekly (Publisher's Weekly ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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