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Fiction, Crime & mystery
A chilling addition to the Helen West mystery series, from the CWA Gold Dagger award-winning author. Part of Frances Fyfield's stunning newly released digital backlist.
When the naked body of a woman is found near the Essex commuter village of Branston the locals are as baffled as they are shocked. A crime of passion Surely not here. But when Crown Prosecutor Helen West and Detective Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey scratch at the thin veneer of gentility they discover a hidden world of passion, envy and betrayal - primed and ready to explode . . .
Praise for Trial By Fire
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Her knowledge of the workings of the human mind - or more correctly the soul - is second to none - Ian Rankin
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Undiluted brilliance - The Times
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Fyfield's writing is always elegant and precise, her characters are finely drawn - Sunday Telegraph
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Fyfield at her best is compelling, disturbing, but always elegant - Minette Walters
Frances Fyfield
Frances Fyfield has spent much of her professional life practising as a criminal lawyer, work which has informed her highly acclaimed crime novels. She has been the recipient of both the Gold and Silver Crime Writers' Association Daggers. She is also a regular broadcaster on Radio 4, most recently as the presenter of the series 'Tales from the Stave'. She lives in London and in Deal, overlooking the sea which is her passion.
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