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The brand-new novel from the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition.'A CRACKING READ' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY'THIS ATMOSPHERIC WARTIME MYSTERY IS PERFECT FOR FANS OF FOYLE'S WAR' CANDIS
June 1944, Romsey, England.Josephine 'Jo' Fox is at an impasse since the unwelcome return of her wayward husband Richard. So, when he disappears again, she is neither concerned nor surprised - until a burning car is discovered with a body inside. And there are signs that Richard is somehow involved.
Jo is determined to find both her husband and answers, yet with her friend Bram Nash in hospital suffering an infection of his old war wound, she must do so alone. When information comes to light that implicates Bram too, Jo finds herself on a dangerous path to the truth.
But what will be left for her when all is revealed?
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
About the author
Claire Gradidge was born and brought up in Romsey. After a career as, among other things, a nurse and a school librarian, she went to the University of Winchester, where she graduated in 2009 with a first class honours BA in Creative Writing. In January 2018, she was awarded a PhD in creative writing and
The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox was written as the creative element of her PhD study. An early version of the opening 3000 words was highly commended in the
Good Housekeeping Magazine competition in 2012.
She has taught at the University of Winchester as an Associate Lecturer for six years and has also had some short fictions and poems published in
South,
Orbis and
Vortex. She has been married for 40 years and has two adult sons.
Summary
' Terrific ... captures brilliantly the atmosphere of wartime Britain' - Ann Cleeves
