Treachery at Hursley Park House

Name: Treachery at Hursley Park House
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Claire Gradidge
ISBN: 9798350823240

Author: Claire Gradidge

Series: Josephine Fox Mysteries #2

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/09/2023

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

DECEMBER 1942. As the war rages on, the accidental death of a young man is almost unremarkable. Except this young man was patrolling the grounds of Hursley Park House, where teams are designing crucial modifications to the Spitfire—and he was found clutching part of a blueprint.

JANUARY 1943. Josephine Fox is given a code name and a mission as she is seconded to Hursley: uncover the network responsible for information leaks to the enemy. And when the dead man's father visits Bram Nash convinced that his son was innocent of espionage and the victim of murder, her friend is also drawn into the investigation.

But as Jo and Bram circle closer to the truth, danger is closing in around them . . .

About Claire Gradidge

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 honors 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 forty years and has two adult sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on November 24, 2021

The follow up to the most excellent Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox, Treachery at Hursley Park House takes us back to Jo and partner in crime Nash, throwing them into another mystery featuring murder, espionage and cover ups. It is an addictive, pacy read once more- the wartime setting is beautifu......more

Goodreads review by Mr_Phil on March 15, 2022

To be honest I read this book solely because I worked at Hursley Park for 20 years. And, rather to my surprise, I thought it was a very good read. It captures the WW2 period well, there are interesting and engaging characters, and a satisfying denouement. I’m not sure that a novel based on my time a......more

Goodreads review by Susan on December 05, 2024

Love the time setting in this series and the raw characters with their flaws and imperfections , these stories are more about the inter- play of the main characters than the story of the investigation . Keep writing more , can’t wait for the next one......more

Goodreads review by Simon on January 28, 2025

Atmospheric second world war espionage thriller.......more

Goodreads review by Renita on February 07, 2022

Thrilling and beautifully written......more