Blind Date - Hardcover

Frances Fyfield is a London criminal lawyer who specializes in complex stories about the tangled relationships between the sexes and the big and small crimes that result. Her latest is a subtle, slowly building story that gradually brings together a former policewoman intent on revenge for a murdered sister; two women who find that signing up for an unusual dating service might result in more action than they had in mind; and an apparently kindly and protective man who is also involved with the deadly dating service. Fyfield is the best in the business at showing how women's fears can shape their lives. Other excellent examples in paperback: A Clear Conscience, Deep Sleep, Perfectly Pure and Good, A Question of Guilt, and Without Consent. --Dick Adler

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 leaves her with physical scars and a fractured spirit. Determined to fight back, Elisabeth flees the safe confines of her mother's seaside home to return to her life in an apartment atop a crumbling London bell tower. There, she assumes she will be safe and anonymous. But she finds that not even the most cloistered places are sacrosanct -- especially not the human heart. As she tracks her quarry, Elisabeth is headed for something far more chilling than loneliness, more savage than self doubt....