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Frances Fyfield
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A Painted Smile
Young, rich widow Diana Porteous has inherited a vast collection of paintings, but she feels without purpose again. Then her beloved stepgrandson comes up with…
Casting the First Stone
A year after her husband's death, young widow and art collector Diana Porteous listlessly roams the beach near her home. Her friend and agent Saul…
Gold Digger
The warmth of him, the glorious warmth, was fading by the minute. In a huge old school house by the sea, full of precious paintings,…
Undercurrents
Henry didn't turn back when Francesca needed him twenty years before. Now, on some sort of journey to anchor his soul, he arrives in her…
The Playroom
Kathryn and David are the ideal couple: she, petite and pretty; he, dark, debonair and gifted. But beneath the smooth surface, unseen by their envious…
Shadow Play
Mr Logo is a familiar figure in the courts, frequently accused of indecent assault, but invariably acquitted due to lack of evidence. He is frustratingly…
Looking Down
Richard Beaumont hoped to see the elusive crow on the Dover cliffs. Instead he sees a young woman falling to her death. No-one recognises her,…
Trial By Fire
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.…
Without Consent
Prosecutor Helen West views the whole subject with a jaundiced eye. In this case, she doesn't even like the officer accused, the volatile and compulsively…
Blind Date
How do you make people love you? Emma Davey, who loved gemstones and life, found it easy. Everyone loved her. Until someone put a black…
A Question Of Guilt
Eileen Cartwright is a woman who knows how to get what she wants. And she wants her handsome solicitor, despite the fact that he is…
A Clear Conscience
Helen West's personal life is in need of repair, and she decides the first move is to tidy up her home, helped by her cleaning…
Deep Sleep
Pip Carlton is a devoted husband and a highly respected pharmacist, cherished by his loyal customers in Herringbone Parade. When his wife dies in her…
Let's Dance
Isabel Burley returns to her childhood home to look after her mother, Serena, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. There she finds a bemused, angry,…
Safer Than Houses
Sarah Fortune inherited her flat from one of her many lovers. Now a son has appeared claiming it is his, morally if not strictly legally,…
The Art Of Drowning
Rachel Doe is a shy accountant at a low ebb in life when she meets charismatic Ivy Schneider, nee Wiseman, at her evening class and…
Seeking Sanctuary
When Theo Calvert was driven out of the family home by his wife's cloying piety he had determined that his daughters would follow him. But…
Half Light
Elisabeth is a picture restorer. This gives her the solitude and independence she needs - living and working alone in her flat. Despite her skills…
Perfectly Pure And Good
Sarah Fortune is happy to be sorting out the inheritance problems of the Pardoes, as it promises to distance her from a claustrophobic relationship with…
Staring At The Light
Someone has stolen the only person John Smith has ever loved - his twin brother Cannon. Johnny will stop at nothing to get him back…
Blood From Stone
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…
Shadows on the Mirror
Sarah Fortune is bored to death - but few know, and less would guess, how the beautiful and successful redheaded solicitor escapes the stultifying tedium…
The Nature Of The Beast
Douglas Petty is a man who enjoys his reputation as an unreconstructed male with a penchant for too much wine and too many women. Inheriting…
Cold To The Touch
Beautiful, volatile Jessica has long since burned her boats in the village by the sea where she was born. She longs to return, but first…