Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Not that Kind of Place
Frances Fyfield · 1990
70/100
👍 Worth It
Fyfield is a CWA Silver Dagger winner for good reason — her social observation of commuter-belt England is sharp and her characters have real interior lives. This is literary crime fiction that moves at a literary pace, so readers expecting conventional thriller energy will be disappointed. For those who prefer character and atmosphere over plot mechanics, it is a quietly rewarding read.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety75
substance72
craft78
originality68
accuracy75
hype72
age-fit70
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict70
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