That Dark Spring (eBook)

A True Story of Death and Desire in 1920s Provence

SUSANNAH STAPLETON (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
Pan Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-5290-6556-5 (ISBN)

Infos

'I couldn't stop reading it . . . a classic of true crime' - Lissa Evans, author of Small Bomb at Dimperley'A fascinating true crime case study . . . deeply moving' The TimesA gripping, explosive murder mystery by acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton.In April 1929, the body of British artist Olive Branson was found submerged in a water tank outside her farmhouse in a picturesque Provence village. Dressed only in a pink shirt and stockings, she had a bullet hole between her eyes and a revolver by her side.Was it suicide - or murder?The initial investigation concluded suicide, but under pressure from Olive's family to conduct a murder enquiry, city detective Alexandre Guibbal was brought in to reopen the case.Examining never-before-seen evidence, acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton builds a vivid and absorbing picture of an unconventional life and a violent death, and an investigation that shines a bright light on a village simmering with resentments and dangerous rivalries . . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.4.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-5290-6556-9 / 1529065569
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5290-6556-5 / 9781529065565