
The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox - Josephine Fox Mysteries (Paperback)
Claire Gradidge (author)Published: 08/08/2019
Agatha Christie meets The Mitford Murders in this deliciously dark golden age mystery of wartime family secrets and lies in small town England.
**DON'T MISS THE LASTEST JOSEPHINE FOX MYSTERY, A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. OUT NOW!**
April 1941, Romsey, England.
Josephine 'Jo' Fox hasn't set foot in Romsey in over twenty years. As an illegitimate child, her family - headed by her controlling grandfather - found her an embarrassment. Now, she wants to return to what was once her home and uncover the secret of her parentage. Who was her father and why would her mother never talk about him?
Jo arrives the day after the Luftwaffe have bombed the town. The local pub has been completely destroyed and rescue teams are searching for the remains of the seven people known to have been in the pub at the time the bomb hit. They are shocked, however, to uncover eight bodies instead. The eighth, unidentified, body is that of a teenage girl, who no one in the town claims to know. Who is she, how did she get there, but most importantly - who killed her?
Teaming up with local coroner and old friend, Bram Nash, Jo sets out to establish the identity of the girl and solve the riddle of her death. In doing so, she also uncovers her own personal mystery.
Everyone has secrets - some are just more deadly than others . . .
Publisher: Zaffre
ISBN: 9781785769986
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 330 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm
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Jo Fox, a very modern woman in wartime England. Getting to know her was a delight. More please, Claire Gradidge * Richard Madeley *
Feisty, determined and brave - I loved Josephine ('Jo') Fox. What a debut from a marvellous new author * Judy Finnigan *
A terrific debut novel, which captures brilliantly the atmosphere of wartime Britain * Ann Cleeves *
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