Without Consent Hardback - 1997

Media reviews

"Absolutely irresistible ... Her best so far. [Fyfield is] setting the stage for the next century of crime fiction." -The Globe and Mail

"Fyfield brings [her characters' alive--.The great characterization of this book also makes it demanding, [but] it's worth it." --Saskatoon Star Phoenix

"Fyfield effectively explores the morass of fear and guilt in the realm of sexual assault." --Edmonton Journal


"Dark, stylish, stay-with-you-at-night, psychological suspense of the highest calibre." --Minette Walters

"A triumph.... A cunning tale [that] will both chill, thrill and inform.... Fyfield transcends hackneyed formulas to offer a troubling read, with or without her reader's consent. Bow to the inevitable and buy it now." --Evening Standard

"Superb.... Fyfield writes compellingly, without sentiment and almost without hope, wrestling with the question of what defines consent." --Maclean's

"Fyfield's women are her strength ... all are memorably alive. [But] above all, it is the author's voice, sensible, understanding, human and forgiving, beautifully accurate in its description ... which makes this story not only deeply troubling but hopeful too.... One of her best." --The Times

"A taut thriller--gripping and convincing--that shows us how our legal system really works." --Cosmopolitan