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That Dark Spring
- Author
- Susannah Stapleton
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 24 April 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
'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 Times
A 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 . . .
Critics Review
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That Dark Spring is brilliantly structured and perfectly paced, and I couldn't stop reading it. Susannah Stapleton writes with beautiful clarity and has produced a classic of true crime.
Lissa Evans, author of Old Baggage and Small Bomb at Dimperley
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Stapleton is a masterly storyteller. She brings a vanished world to life
Judith Flanders, author of The Invention of Murder
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A gruesome but richly fulfilling thriller
Literary Review
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'A fascinating true crime case study . . . A ghost story, a tale of folk long-dead, a portraitof a vanished world'
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Susannah Stapleton
- Narrator
- Nathalie Buscombe, Susannah Stapleton
- Duration
- 10 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 April 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529065572
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- True crime: serial killers and murderers, Biography: arts and entertainment, European history
Synopsis
WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'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 . . .
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