Blind Date
by Frances Fyfield
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Elisabeth Kennedy's life is falling apart. She has lost her job as a detective, she is disfigured from a brutal acid attack, and she remains haunted by the murder of her sister years ago. She takes up residence in a belfry apartment, high atop a crumbling London church tower, cloistered from the evils of the world.But as more and more people around her die, Elisabeth realizes her sister's killer is still out there, and to find him, she will have to come out of hiding.
Fans of Louise Penny show more and Patricia Highsmith will love this moody psychological thriller.
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A satisfying, morally ambiguous twist on the familiar old serial killer theme, which manages to go the full nine tailors whilst still feeding us enough red herrings to get the fishing fleet safely through Brexit. And manages to turn South Devon into nightmare country...
As ever, I found it a bit hard to warm to Fyfield's characters, but the plotting is clever and keeps you guessing, mostly without the use of any obvious bamboozling devices.
As ever, I found it a bit hard to warm to Fyfield's characters, but the plotting is clever and keeps you guessing, mostly without the use of any obvious bamboozling devices.
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Frances Fyfield is a pseudonym of Frances Hegarty, born and raised in Derbyshire on November 18, 1948. After reading English at Newcastle University, she did various odd jobs before enrolling in a law course in the Midlands. But it didn't interest her enough to continue and she moved to London where she was a shop assistant at Fenwicks and theatre show more dresser at the Coliseum. Fyfield eventually did finish her law qualifications and got a job as a solicitor to work with the Metropolitan Police. She has worked as prosecutor for both the Metropolitan Police as well as the Crime Prosecution Service. Fyfield is the author of more than seven suspense novels, including Shadow Play and Without Consent. Her novel, A Question of Guilt, was nominated for an Edgar Award and filmed for the BBC. She has won several awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Blood From Stone in 2008 and the Silver Dagger for Deep Sleep. In addition, her novel, Safer than Houses was nominated for the Duncan Lawrie Dagger in 2006. She also writes psychological thrillers under the name of Frances Hegarty, among them, The Playroom, Half Light and Let's Dance (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Blind Date
- Original title
- Blind Date
- Original publication date
- 1998
- Important places
- England, UK
- Related movies
- Blind Date (1987 | IMDb)
- Dedication*
- Für Audrey Murray. Eine tolle Frau. Keine Fiktion könnte ihr gerecht werden.
- First words*
- Schon zehn vor vier?
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Vergiss das nicht, hörst du?
- Original language*
- Englisch
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- Languages
- 7 — Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 27
- ASINs
- 2
