P. D. JamesFrancis Fyfield, a lawyer herself, adds an extra dimension to detection.
Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFyfield is a wonder...An intricate and surprise-filled plot.
Publishers Weekly
- Publisher's 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.
