That Dark Spring A True Story of Death and Desire in 1920s Provence

<p><b>''I couldn''t stop reading it. Susannah Stapleton writes with beautiful clarity and has produced a classic of true crime''</b> - Lissa Evans, author of<i> Small Bomb at Dimperley</i><br><br><b>A gripping, explosive murder mystery by acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton.</b><br><br>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.<br><br>Was it suicide – or murder?<br><br>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.<br><br>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 . . .</p>