The Art of Drowning - Frances Fyfield

Safer than Houses - Frances Fyfield

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 plot Sarah Fortune ...

Safer than Houses - Frances Fyfield

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 plot Sarah Fortune ...

Perfectly Pure and Good - Frances Fyfield

Introduction Frances Fyfield is most famous for her Helen West books, which have been televised, starring Amanda Burton, but she has also written a series about a lawyer called Sarah Fortune, of which Perfectly Pure and Good is the second volume. There are four more in this series, including the latest one published this year, Safer than Houses . The tone of the series on the whole is lighter than the Helen West books, although there are sudden flashes of violence, which seem all the more shocking for the padding around them. To my mind, the Helen West series is stronger, but the Sarah Fortune novels are extremely readable nevertheless - so much so that I travelled 5 ...

Perfectly Pure and Good - Frances Fyfield

Introduction Frances Fyfield is most famous for her Helen West books, which have been televised, starring Amanda Burton, but she has also written a series about a lawyer called Sarah Fortune, of which Perfectly Pure and Good is the second volume. There are four more in this series, including the latest one published this year, Safer than Houses . The tone of the series on the whole is lighter than the Helen West books, although there are sudden flashes of violence, which seem all the more shocking for the padding around them. To my mind, the Helen West series is stronger, but the Sarah Fortune novels are extremely readable nevertheless - so much so that I travelled 5 ...

Shadow Play - Frances Fyfield

Introduction This is one of Frances Fyfield s Helen West series, of which she has written at least 6. Fyfield also writes a series of books about a lawyer called Sarah Fortune, which are not bad, as well as some one-offs, which I would not recommend, particularly not Undercurrents and The Nature of the Beast (about which someone else has written a great review), at least not to start with. One of the reasons I think the Helen West series is so good is that Fyfield is a practising criminal lawyer, having worked for the Metropolitan Police and Crime Prosecution Service as a prosecutor, exactly as Helen West is. When she begins to steer away from the field about which she ...

Shadow Play - Frances Fyfield

Introduction This is one of Frances Fyfield s Helen West series, of which she has written at least 6. Fyfield also writes a series of books about a lawyer called Sarah Fortune, which are not bad, as well as some one-offs, which I would not recommend, particularly not Undercurrents and The Nature of the Beast (about which someone else has written a great review), at least not to start with. One of the reasons I think the Helen West series is so good is that Fyfield is a practising criminal lawyer, having worked for the Metropolitan Police and Crime Prosecution Service as a prosecutor, exactly as Helen West is. When she begins to steer away from the field about which she ...