A Dark Devotion

by Clare Francis

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Pub Date Mar 22 2016 | Archive Date Jun 21 2016

Open Road Integrated Media | Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller

Description

A criminal lawyer returns home to investigate the disappearance of the wife of an old family friend—and soon discovers a web of secrets and betrayals darker than she could have imagined

Grace Dearden is a woman so beautiful and virtuous that no one would dare question her excellence or standing in the community. When Grace disappears—seemingly evaporating into the eerie Norfolk marshes—and police investigations fail to find her, her husband, Will, enlists the help of longtime friend and criminal lawyer Alexandra O'Neill—who will stop at nothing to uncover the secret of Grace Dearden's disappearance.

A tale of politics and scandal, adultery and betrayal, this thriller delights in unlocking a deep family secret that has plagued the Deardens for years. Written many years before Gillian Flynn's #1 New York Times bestseller, international bestselling author Clare Francis's A Dark Devotion is a British Gone Girl.

Advance Praise

“A Dark Devotion is a treat . . . a crime novel with action to keep you guessing until the very end.” —Daily Mail

“At once we are in Ruth Rendell territory: an eerie setting, a web of adultery, deceit, near-murderous envy and cordial detestation . . . a kind of East Anglian Rebecca.” —TheDaily Telegraph

Praise for Clare Francis

“Clare Francis has serious crime-writing talent.” —The Mail on Sunday

“Crime novels with action to keep you guessing until the very end.” —Daily Mail