Claire Gradidge

WINNER OF THE RICHARD & JUDY SEARCH FOR A BESTSELLER COMPETITION The perfect read for fans of Sunday night drama. Agatha Christie meets The Mitford Murders in this deliciously dark golden age mystery of wartime family secrets and lies in small town England. April 1941, Romsey, England. Josephine 'Jo' Fox hasn't set foot in Romsey in over twenty years. As an illegitimate child, her family - headed by her controlling grandfather - found her an embarrassment. Now, she wants to return to what was once her home and uncover the secret of her parentage. Who was her father and why would her mother never talk about him? Jo arrives the day after the Luftwaffe have bombed the town. The local pub, The Cricketers' Arms, has been completely destroyed and rescue teams are searching for the remains of the seven people known to have been in the pub at the time the bomb hit. They are shocked, however, to uncover eight bodies, not seven. The eighth, unidentified, body is that of a teenage girl, who no one in the town claims to know. Who is she, how did she get there, but most importantly - who killed her? Teaming up with local coroner and old friend, Bram Nash, Jo sets out to establish the identity of the girl and solve the riddle of her death. In doing so, she also uncovers her own personal mystery. Everyone has secrets - some are just more deadly than others . . .

Winner of the Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition

The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox

From the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition comes another tantalising Golden Age wartime mystery, perfect for fans of Sunday night drama. PRAISE FOR THE JOSEPHINE FOX SERIES: 'Terrific ... captures brilliantly the atmosphere of wartime Britain' ANN CLEEVES 'Feisty, determined and brave - I loved Josephine Fox' JUDY FINNIGAN 'A complete delight ... sings with authenticity' CAZ FREAR DECEMBER 1942. As the war rages on, the accidental death of a young man is almost unremarkable. Except this young man was patrolling the grounds of Hursley Park House, where teams are designing crucial modifications to the Spitfire - and he was found clutching part of a blueprint. JANUARY 1943. Josephine Fox is given a code name and a mission as she is seconded to Hursley: uncover the network responsible for information leaks to the enemy. And when the dead man's father visits Bram Nash convinced that his son was innocent of espionage and the victim of murder, her friend is also drawn into the investigation. But as Jo and Bram circle closer to the truth, danger is closing in around them... *INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE NEXT JOSEPHINE FOX MYSTERY, A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS*

The intriguing new WWII mystery featuring heroine Josephine Fox

Treachery at Hursley Park House

Un pasado del que nadie le habla, un cadáver que nadie reclama y un secreto que nadie ha podido desvelar. ¿Lo logrará Jo? Premio Richard and Judy Bestseller 2019. ﻿Abril de 1941, Romsey, Inglaterra. Hace más de veinte años que Josephine Fox, Jo, no pisa el pueblo en el que nació. Nunca supo quién era su padre y su madre jamás hablaba de él, tampoco su abuelo controlador. Siendo hija ilegítima, siempre fue la vergüenza de la familia. Sin embargo, un día decide volver al que fue su hogar a pesar de todo para descubrir el secreto que se esconde tras su propio nacimiento, un secreto que su familia ha guardado celosamente durante años. Cuando llega al pueblo, acaban de bombardearlo los alemanes, y todos se afanan en buscar entre los escombros a los que estaban en el pub en aquel momento: siete personas. Sacan los cadáveres, pero la sorpresa llega cuando, en lugar de siete cuerpos, aparecen ocho. El octavo es el de una adolescente a la que nadie dice conocer. ¿Quién es? ¿Cómo llegó allí? Y, lo más importante, ¿quién la mató? Jo decidirá investigar el caso con la ayuda de Bram Nash, un antiguo amigo y el forense local, para descubrir quién era esa muchacha. Lo que ella no espera es que, al hacerlo… desvelará también su propio pasado.

El retorno inesperado de Josephine Fox

Josephine Foxová se v rodném městečku neobjevila už dvacet let. Vyhnala ji odtud její vlastní rodina v čele s diktátorským dědečkem, která jí měla za zlé, že je nemanželským dítětem. Teď se ale do svého bývalého domova vrací, aby odhalila tajemství svého původu. Kdo vlastně byl její otec a proč o něm matka nikdy neřekla ani jediné slovo? Pro svůj návrat si ovšem nevybrala nejlepší dobu. Městečko se právě vzpamatovává z náletu, při němž zahynulo i několik místních… a jedna mladá dívka, kterou tu nikdo nezná. Ta se však nestala obětí náletu, ale byla zavražděna. Kromě pátrání po svém biologickém otci teď Josephine pomáhá vyřešit i záhadu dívčiny identity - a násilné smrti.

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