The Gallery

Black Lace

by Fredrica Alleyn

Police office Cressida Farleigh is called in to investigate a mysterious art fraud at a gallery specializing in modern erotic works. The gallery's owner is under suspicion, but is also a charming and powerfully attractive man who throws the young woman's powers of detection into confusion. Her long-time detective boyfriend soon gets jealous, but Cressida is in the process of seducing a young artist. As she finds herself drawn into a mesh of power games and personal discovery, the crimes continue and the case becomes ever more complex.

Genres: Romance, Erotica

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Fredrica Alleyn is the pseudonym of the crime and horror fiction author Margaret Bingley, who also writes erotica under the penname Marina Anderson. Under this penname she publishes erotica for women.

Reviews

[Allan Pettie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Twisty, turny tale of inevitable seduction

I enjoyed being inside the mind of the passionate undercover wpc who gradually learned more and more about how sensual and sexual she was to her core, despite her mission.

[Katrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

As much as I enjoyed the story, I didn’t like any of the men. None were swoon worthy and rather obnoxious.

[penelopewanders · Rating 4 out of 5]

Black Lace with all that that implies, but with a good story line about a policewoman sent undercover to investigate potential fraud in an art gallery. Of course all is not as it seems, and she finds herself discovering a whole new side of her personality thanks, at first, to the artwork in the gallery. Good read.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable story, but it seemed like, at minimum, 100 pages were missing, the story ended so abruptly. I would've liked to have seen more of the blossoming relationship between Cressida and Guy take place.

[DW · Rating 4 out of 5]

First Black Lace book I read. I enjoyed the story and I particularly liked the transformation the straight-laced vanilla female detective makes throughout the story.

[Jacqueline · Rating 1 out of 5]

I only finished this to see if the plot or characters improved by the end. They didn't I'm afraid. This is the first black lace book I've read and I think it will be the last.