Blind Date [Import] [Paperback]

FRANCES FYFIELD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1999

Elisabeth Kennedy is a complicated, prickly ex-police detective, haunted by the memory of her younger sister's murder, and recovering from a senseless, brutal attack that leaves her with physical scars and a fractured spirit. Deter-mined to fight back, Elisabeth flees the safe confines of her mother's seaside home to return to her life in an apartment atop a crumbling London bell tower. There, she assumes she will be safe and anonymous. But she finds that not even the most cloistered places are sacrosanct--especially not the human heart. As she tracks her quarry, Elisabeth is headed for something far more chilling than loneliness, more savage than self doubt... .

This is #1 in Elisabeth Kennedy series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 412 pages
• Publisher: CORGI ADULT; New Ed edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552145254
• ISBN-13: 978-0552145251
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,690,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't wait for consent to read a terrific twisted tale, September 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Blind Date (Hardcover)

All London police officer Elisabeth Kennedy wants out of life is to catch the SOB who murdered her sister Emma. Obsessed by her quest, Elisabeth thinks she finally has the culprit. However, the court throws out the case due to entrapment by the law. A humiliated Elisabeth, realizing that she has failed and is beyond redemption, retires from the force, turning into a semi-hermit.

However, instead of finding an uneasy peace in seclusion, Elisabeth becomes the victim of a brutal assault with acid that deforms her visage. As she recovers in her weird home at the top of a converted bell tower, Elisabeth knows that she must ferret out her sister's killer for her own sake and before the twisted man kills once again as he has done several times since he murdered Emma.

BLIND DATE is a serpentine police procedural/vigilante serial killer work that has several distinct major sub-plots that brilliantly consolidate into a first rate novel. Elisabeth is the typical Frances Fyfield heroine. She is scarred by life's worst blows, but keeps on ticking. Anyone who takes pleasure from a fantastic mystery, should visit the twisted tales (see WITHOUT CONSENT) of Ms. Fyfield because they are some of the genre's best books.

Harriet Klausner

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tantalizing, but disappointing; the plot defies belief, October 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blind Date (Hardcover)

The main characters are well realized and the scenes with Elizabeth and Joe are quite good, memorable, and do keep the book afloat. However, the plot is entirely unbelievable; it's as if London contains about 20 people--the figures in this book, all crossing paths, all knowing each other, all related in less than interesting ways. There is a sub-plot, which I could have done without; namely, mother and the vulgar rich American, of course, which did nothing to move the more interesting story along; that of Elizabeth and her past, dealing with her present and unknowable future. Also, a nit-picky thing: the volume I read contained too many typos and a couple of grammatical howlers. The book was that riveting that I noticed. I wait for the next and hope for better.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really readable-- strong and edgy book, April 13, 2003

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This review is from: Blind Date (Paperback)

I picked this book up in a discount book store somewhere in Philly after being snowed in on my way back to Europe. It looked like the best of the offerings they had, but I frankly wasn't expecting very much. I was pleasantly suprised, and found myself very quickly drawn into the book and its main character.

I liked Elizabeth Kennedy and I liked the way her character developed. The tension between her and her sister were a good way to open the situation and the way that it developed further was impressive. Small points off for some coincidences that strained credulity, but in general it was believable, and well worth the time that it took to read.