Safer Than Houses

Sarah Fortune, lawyer and professional mistress, returns in an intriguing mystery. 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 ...

• | Author: Frances Fyfield
• | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• | Publication Date: Jun 08, 2006
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780751536218
• | ISBN-10: 0751536210