A stylish recover of the first Sarah Fortune novel.
Sarah Fortune Series
This series follows the journey of a young lawyer navigating the high-stakes world of a prestigious London law firm. Each installment delves into complex cases, ethical quandaries, and the personal challenges she must overcome. It offers a compelling glimpse into the cutthroat legal profession, where ambition, justice, and intricate plots intertwine. Readers will be captivated by her professional triumphs and personal struggles.
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Perfectly Pure and Good
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Sarah Fortune, first encountered in Shadows on the Mirror, is sent to Merton-on-Sea in Norfolk to sort out the inheritance problems of the small town's premier family. But she discovers much more than just an ambiguously-worded will - and also has to confront the pain of her own past.
Rechtsanwältin Sarah Fortune kümmert sich in der Anwaltskanzlei Ernest Matthewsen vornehmlich um Klienten, die von ihren Anwaltskollegen eher gemieden werden. Dabei gerät sie in tödliche Gefahr.
Looking Down
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Richard Beaumont hoped to see the elusive crow on the Dover cliffs. Instead he sees a young woman falling to her death. No-one recognises her, no-one has reported her missing and Richard returns, shaken, to his wife, but instead of finding solace in Lilian's company, he locks himself away and obsessively paints the scene of the woman's broken body on the rocks. His cool behaviour towards her takes Lilian to the flat below and the worldly-wise company of Sarah Fortune. But Sarah, once Richard's lover, is awkward with her and is also preoccupied with her brother's unbreakable habit of cat-burglary and the suspicious traffic to the penthouse at the top of the mansion block. Unable to forget what he witnessed, Richard returns to the coast and is befriended by the local police surgeon. Recently widowed, John is depressed, not so much by his wife's death but by the realisation that his marriage had been a loveless void. Recognising the symptoms, Richard introduces him to Sarah so that she can no longer ignore the Beaumonts' troubles and is drawn into helping to trace where the dead girl came from and in so doing reveals a trade which is both breathtakingly lucrative and chillingly cruel.
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 two strangers have unknown connections in common: a well-meaning widow, a struggling therapist, and a man who sets fire to other people's property for a living ...
Cold To The Touch
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Reissue of a classic Sarah Fortune psychological treat