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Frances Fyfield

(Frances Hegarty)

(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.

Awards: CWA (2008) see all

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)

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)
   6. Cold to the Touch (2009)

Diana Porteous
   1. Gold Digger (2012)
   2. Casting the First Stone (2013)
   3. A Painted Smile (2015)

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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Books containing stories by Frances Fyfield

Vintage Crime (2020)
(Crime Writer's Association Anthology)
edited by
Martin Edwards

A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000)
edited by
Anne Perry

Women on the Case (1996)
edited by
Sara Paretsky

More books

Awards

2008 CWA Gold Dagger : Blood from Stone

Award nominations

	2006 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Safer Than Houses
	1999 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Staring At the Light
	1991 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Deep Sleep
	1990 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Question of Guilt
	1989 Agatha Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : A Question of Guilt

Frances Fyfield recommends

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."

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."

Code 61 (2002)
(Carl Houseman, book 4)
Donald Harstad
"Michael Connolly, eat your heart out."