‘I couldn’t stop reading it . . . a classic of true crime’<\/b> Lissa Evans, author of Small Bomb at Dimperley<\/i><\/p>\n
‘A fascinating true crime case study . . . deeply moving’ <\/b>The Times<\/i><\/p>\n
A gripping, explosive murder mystery by acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton.<\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Was it suicide – or murder?<\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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