Blanc comme veuve

Synopsis of Blanc comme veuve

«Blanc comme veuve» is Frances Fyfield's crime novel in paperback edition (277 pages, in French).

Wealthy widow Eileen Cartwright wants to seduce an attractive married lawyer and commissions the murder of his wife. What she doesn't know is that her plan pits her against Judge Helen West and Inspector Bailey, who uncover a tangle of madness, pride, and desperation. The novel comes from English, with the original title «A Question of Guilt».

Translation from English by Dominique Defert. The original work, «A Question of Guilt», appeared in 1988.

Suitable for readers of psychological crime fiction with a judicial setting and female protagonists.