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Sarah Fortune inherited her flat from one of her many lovers. Now a 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…

In Shadow Play, Fyfield hones her powers of suspense to give readers a sophisticated, psychologically-gripping tale about crimes of the most twisted passions. From the accomplished author of Blind Date, this is a brilliant suspense novel of the London courts.

When the domineering wife of pharmacist Pip Carlton dies in her sleep, on one suspects Pip, even though he had access to all sorts of deadly poisons. But amateur sleuth Helen West and her friend Detective Constable Geoffrey Bailey soon become suspicious in this chilling tale of psychological terror.

Eileen Cartwright is a woman who knows how to get what she wants. And she wants her handsome solicitor, despite the fact that he is already married. She plots the murder of his wife with chilling ease - but chooses an amateur for the job. He is quickly caught, but proving Eileen's involvement is tougher for the police as meticulous planning and influence put her seemingly above the law. Brought together for the first time, Helen West, crown prosecutor, and Geoffrey Bailey, detective superintendent, are faced with this woman's defiant evil. And when she enlists the help of a young psychopath, they are pulled inexorably towards a tense…