Frances Fyfield: Without Consent (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
The crime of rape calls out for vengeance, but when the accused is a police officer, the outcry and penalty are worse...
Prosecutor Helen West views the whole subject with a jaundiced eye. In this case, she doesn't even like the officer accused, the volatile and compulsively unfaithful DS Ryan, friend of her lover, Superintendent Bailey. Ryan maintains a stubborn silence in the face of the charge but when the physical evidence against him proves to be unusually strong, West and Bailey assume his guilt.

Until slowly, preoccupied as they are with their own loves and loyalties, a different suspect begins to emerge. A man who knows the law and how to avoid it. A man who believes that there is no such thing as rape when the victim welcomes him, not any legal formula to deal with someone who brings chocolates and flowers, leaves without any trace, corrupts the witness with her own shame and learns to kill with impunity...

Frances Fyfield: Without Consent. Corgi Books; ISBN: 0552145122 (February, 1999), 283 p., £5.99.

Frances Fyfield: Without Consent (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
No-nonsense attorney Helen West possesses a rare combination of jaded pragmatism and well-guarded vulnerability. Yet, rape is a crime that haunts her - particularly her latest case where all the evidence all points to D. S. Ryan, the fellow police officer and best friend of her lover, Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey. But slowly, as West and Bailey delve into this seemingly open-and-shut crime, there emerges a man whose cold-blooded intuition about women guarantees him a ready welcome - and rape, even murder, without a trace.

Frances Fyfield: Without Consent. Penguin; ISBN: 0140274774 (September, 1998), 260 p., $5.99.

Frances Fyfield: Without Consent (UK 1997)

From the Publisher:
The crime of rape calls out for vengeance, but when the accused is a police officer, the outcry and penalty are worse, although in this case Helen West views the whole subject with a jaundiced eye. She doesn't even like the officer accused, the volatile and compulsively unfaithful DS Ryan, friend of her lover, Superintendent Bailey. Ryan maintains a stubborn silence in the face of the charge but when the physical evidence against him proves to be unusually strong, West and Bailey assume his guilt. Until slowly, preoccupied as they are with their own loves and loyalties, a different suspect begins to emerge. A man who believes that there is no such thing as rape and who corrupts his victim with her own shame and learns to kill with impunity...

Frances Fyfield: Without Consent. Corgi Books; ISBN: 0552145122 (September, 1997), 283 p., £5.99.

Frances Fyfield: Without Consent (UK 1996)

From the Publisher:
The crime of rape calls out for vengeance, but when the accused is a police officer, the outcry and penalty are worse. DS Ryan, friend of Superintendent Bailey, maintains his silence in the face of the charge of rape. When the physical evidence points to him, Prosecutor Helen West and Superintendent Bailey assume his guilt. And then another suspect emerges - a man who knows the law and how to avoid it; a man who believes that there is no such thing as rape when the victim welcomes him; a man who is able to corrupt the witness...

Frances Fyfield: Without Consent. Bantam Books; ISBN: 0593040783 (November, 1996), 219 p., £15.99.