Blood From Stone
By Frances Fyfield
A haunting tale of psychological suspense from the CWA Gold Dagger award-winner. Part of Frances Fyfield's stunning newly released digital backlist.
When the body of a successful criminal barrister is found outside a chic Kensington hotel, it looks at first like a suicide. For colleagues and friends, her death comes as a huge shock - Marianne Shearer was at the pinnacle of her career, wealthy and stylish - but for the police the case is open-and-shut.
There's something strange about the circumstances, though, something that prompts fellow lawyers Thomas Nobel and Peter Friel to dig deeper. Little by little, they discover that all is not as it seems. Oddly enough, Marianne herself appears to have left a series of small, almost imperceptible clues - clues that point to a far more sinister truth. Retracing Marianne's steps, Nobel and Friel uncover a carefully concealed darker side of her perfect life that leads them back to her last, gruesome case - when she knowingly sacrificed an innocent witness to let a criminal walk free.
Biographical Notes
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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- ISBN:
9781405520553
- Publication date:
04 Oct 2012
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Sphere
Her knowledge of the workings of the human mind - or more correctly the soul - is second to none — Ian Rankin
Undiluted brilliance — The Times
Fyfield's writing is always elegant and precise, her characters are finely drawn — Sunday Telegraph
Fyfield at her best is compelling, disturbing, but always elegant — Minette Walters