Blind Date Book

Frances Fyfield's latest heroine, Elisabeth Kennedy, is a complicated, prickly ex-police detective, haunted by the memory of her younger sister's murder, and recovering from a senseless, brutal attack that left her with physical scars and a fractured spirit. Determined to fight back, Elisabeth flees the safe confines of her mother's seaside home to her life in an apartment atop a crumbling London bell tower, where she assumes she will be safe and anonymous. But she finds that even the most cloistered places are not sacrosanct--especially the human heart. As she tracks her quarry, Elisabeth is headed for something far more chilling than loneliness, more savage than self doubt. . . .

"A master of the art of claustrophobic suspense"-- (Boston Globe)

"An elegantly written and . . . genuine whodunit"-- (San Francisco Chronicle)

"Fyfield writes vividly, [with] some of the Gothic quality of Dorothy L. Sayers and P. D. James . . . irresistible."-- John Mortimer, Mail on Sunday

"There are crime writers whom we think of primarily as novelists. They provide the psychological subtlety, intelligence, and excellent writing which are the hallmarks of first-class fiction. There is no one higher on this list than Frances Fyfield."-- P. D. James