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. A crime of passion? Surely not here. But when Crown Prosecutor Helen West and Detective Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey scratch at the thin veneer of gentility they discover a hidden world of passion, envy and betrayal – primed and ready to explode . . .
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Undiluted brilliance
Fyfield's writing is always elegant and precise, her characters are finely drawn
Her knowledge of the workings of the human mind - or more correctly the soul - is second to none
Fyfield at her best is compelling, disturbing, but always elegant