That Dark Spring A True Story of Death and Desire in 1920s Provence

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 . . .

Product details

• Authors: Susannah Stapleton, Nathalie Buscombe
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 24.04.2025
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; Humanities, art, music > Art
• EAN: 9781529065541
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-6554-1
• Pages: 400
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Dimensions (packing): 16.5 x 24.5 x 3.6 cm
• Subjects: Provence, art, French, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Women, Twenties, Biography: arts & entertainment, True Story, c 1920 to c 1929, Murder, Suicide, Artist Biography, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Biography: arts and entertainment, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Female Artist, Provencal, 1920s, Police investigation