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Frances Fyfield


(Frances Hegarty)
UK flag (b.1948)

aka Frances Hegarty

Frances Fyfield is a criminal lawyer, who lives in London and in Deal, by the sea which is her passion. She has won several awards, including the CWA Silver Dagger.

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Helen West
   1. A Question of Guilt (1988)
   2. Trial by Fire (1990)
     aka Not That Kind of Place
   3. Deep Sleep (1991)
   4. Shadow Play (1993)
   5. A Clear Conscience (1994)
   6. Without Consent (1996)
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Sarah Fortune
   1. Shadows On the Mirror (1989)
   2. Perfectly Pure and Good (1994)
   3. Staring At the Light (1999)
   4. Looking Down (2004)
   5. Safer Than Houses (2005)

     aka Playing With Fire

   6. Cold to the Touch (2009)
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Diana Porteous
   1. Gold Digger (2012)
   2. Casting the First Stone (2013)
   3. A Painted Smile (2015)
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Novels
   The Playroom (1991) (as by Frances Hegarty)
   Half Light (1992) (as by Frances Hegarty)
   Let's Dance (1995)
   Blind Date (1998)
   Undercurrents (2000)
   The Nature of the Beast (2001)
   Seeking Sanctuary (2003)
   The Art of Drowning (2006)
   Blood from Stone (2008)
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Frances Fyfield recommends
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Launch Code (2019)
Michael Ridpath
"Ridpath is a singular writer and a brave one, because he takes his novels to so many different places, each immaculately researched."
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My Name Is Legion (2004)
A N Wilson
"A wonderful, thrilling depiction of media manipulation, corruption, tolerance and promiscuity. It's so good, and so wise, it hurts."
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Code 61 (2002)
(Carl Houseman, book 4)
Donald Harstad
"Michael Connolly, eat your heart out."

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Anthologies containing stories by Frances Fyfield
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Vintage Crime (2020)
(Crime Writer's Association Anthology)
edited by
Martin Edwards

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Awards
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1990) : A Question of Guilt
Dagger Awards Best Book nominee (1999) : Staring At the Light
Dagger Awards Best Novel nominee (2006) : Safer Than Houses
Dagger Awards Best Novel winner (2008) : Blood from Stone


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