Not That Kind of Place: Not That Kind of Place

Frances Fyfield. Pocket Books, $5.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-73945-4

Solicitor Helen West and Detective Chief Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey put their newfound love on the back burner as they investigate a local murder. According to PW , ``Fyfield writes a sophisticated combination of legal and police procedural.'' (May)

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