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Safer than Houses - Frances Fyfield

 
Description: ISBN 0751536210 / Author: Frances Fyfield / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Sarah Fortune inherited her flat from one of her many lovers. Now a ... more
Safer than Houses - Frances Fyfield ... son has appeared claiming it is his, morally if not strictly legally, and he is using illegal means to persuade Sarah to give it up: abusive letters threatening her personal harm. As it becomes more difficult to ignore these missives, Sarah comes across Henry, a timid, lonely man whose upstairs neighbour is using every trick in the racketeer landlord's book to make him leave his home: litter in the shared hallway, continual noise, poison set out for his cat. It seems that if they swap accommodation for a while they may be able to deal with each other's problems. But these two strangers have unknown connections in common: a well-meaning widow, a struggling therapist, and a man who sets fire to other people's property for a living

Newest Review: ... Julian approaches one of Sarah’s lovers, Alan, a career criminal, to carry out his threats. At the same time, Sarah meets ... more

 ... Henry Brett, a timid man who is terrified of his neighbour, an elderly lady, who makes his life unbearable. They decide to swap flats for a while to see if this will improve matters. For a time it does, but will Julian work out to where Sarah has moved? Or will Henry suffer in her stead? The characters I have enjoyed Sarah Fortune as a character in the past, but now it is time she is put to bed – she has certainly passed her sell-by date. She was a lawyer, which is how she became involved in crimes in the past, b...more

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Premium Review Safer than Houses - Frances Fyfield: Safe as in boring (803 words)
by - written on 27/07/06 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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I either love or hate Frances Fyfield’s work. I don’t quite understand how she can write like two different people, but she does. She is the author of two series, one featuring lawyer Helen West, and another featuring lawyer/serial mistress Sarah Fortune, as well as a collection of non-series books. On the whole, the Helen West series is infinitely superior to the others, although one or two of the Sarah Fortune novels are not bad. This is one of the latter; unfortunately, this is one of the worse ones – I found it tedious to read to the extent that I would have given up if I hadn’t been stuck on public transport in traffic with nothing else to do. The ...  Read the complete review

 

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