| Not that Kind of Place
(1990)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Author |
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| Selling Price |
$9.99
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| Genre |
Fiction |
| Publication Date |
1990 |
| Format |
Hardcover
(250
mm)
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| Publisher |
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket |
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| Plot |
"Frances Fyfield now joins that charmed circle of murderous British females, from Sayers and Christie to Ruth Rendell and P.D.James," said Michael Malone upon publication other debut novel, A Question of Guilt. Here Frances Fyfield takes us once again into her rich and compelling world, where crime and punishment are never simple ... not that kind of place
To the northeast of central London, past the teeming East End, the once-dying village of Branston was flowering anew. The waves of upwardly mobile new residents crowed over finding such cheap homes "in the country," while the locals shook their heads in wonder. For Helen West and Geoffrey Bailey, a Detective Chief Superintendent with the police. Bailey's assignment to Branston had seemed an ideal opportunity: a borrowed home, neither his nor hers. to experiment in living together; a simple transfer for Helen in the Crown Prosecution Service; aslower, more civilized existence. It seemed a most unlikely spot for a crime of passion - but what else could account for the naked, hastily buried body of a woman found overnight in che woods?
For Bailey's staff, the trail led all too easily to Antony Sumner. local English teacher and current lover of Christine Summerfield, Helen's only friend in the district. Sumner could not deny having had an affair with the dead woman, and even admitted, under Bailey's gentle questioning, to an unfortunate scene that had ended with his hitting the lady with his walking stick. Though he staunchly denied stabbing her in the chroat and leaving her pale. still body in a shallow grave, neither Bailey nor the Crown Prosecutor who was Helen s superior were in much doubt of his guile.
Barred from the case - too personally involved - Helen began to do her own surreptitious digging. She did not suppose chat anything could repair her friendship with Christine, and sfie was by no means convinced of Sumner's innocence, but she was nagged by a feeling that the evidence against him was just too pac. And behind the closed country doors of Branston, she found a hidden world of envy, lustand murderous rage that threatened consume her in its fiery embrace ... From the owners of che local pub, whose constant: bickering made it easier to ignore cheir lumbering, simple-minded son, to the greedy ambitions of a young policewoman, to a lonely teenager's stubborn malice, Frances Fyfield creates a fascinating array of characters in a drama of both heart-rending realism and breathtaking suspense.
Design/ Illustration PAUL DAVIS STUDIO
Copyright 1990 POCKET BOOKS Printed in U.S.A. |
| Personal Details |
| Dedication |
To Mark Herlands, Lou Herlands, and Jane Chelius, my favorite North Americans, with love. |
| Condition |
Good |
| Owner |
FamilyHistorySites |
| FHS ItemID |
20041076 |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
PR6056.Y47 |
| Dewey |
823.914 |
| ISBN |
0671676660 |
| Nr of Pages |
214 |
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