An award-winning thriller in the English style features Helen West, a prosecutor in domestic violence cases, who discovers that her cleaning woman is being abused by her husband and that her brother has just been murdered. Reprint. Francis Fyfield, a lawyer herself, adds an extra dimension to detection. -- P. D. James Fyfield is a wonder...An intricate and surprise-filled plot. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Frances Fyfield is a criminal lawyer who lives and practices in London, where many of her books are set. She is the author of more than seven suspense novels, most recently, Undercurrents .