That Dark Spring
A True Story of Death and Desire in 1920s Provence
$43.99
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2025
Summary
‘I couldn’t stop reading it. Susannah Stapleton writes with beautiful clarity and has produced a classic of true crime’ - Lissa Evans, author of Small Bomb at Dimperley
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 h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529065541 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529065542 |
| Author: | Susannah Stapleton |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 165mm x 245mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
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
Stapleton is a masterly storyteller. She brings a vanished world to life – Judith Flanders, author of The Invention of Murder
A gruesome but richly fulfilling thriller * Literary Review *
‘A fascinating true crime case study … A ghost story, a tale of folk long-dead, a portraitof a vanished world’ * The Times *
Susannah Stapleton
Susannah Stapleton is a historical researcher with over twenty years’ experience unravelling mysteries for museums, organizations and private individuals. She is the acclaimed author of CWA shortlisted The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective and she lives in Shropshire.
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