A Conflict of Interests, Claire Gradidge
A Conflict of Interests, Claire Gradidge
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A Conflict of Interests

Author: Claire Gradidge

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Unabridged: 11 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/23/2023


Synopsis

A wartime mystery novel from the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition.

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?

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 Linda on October 16, 2022

I expected a gentle, meandering cosy crime in A Conflict of Interests, but I was soon disabused of that assumption as it opens in dramatic fashion in a manner that engages the reader instantly and keeps them enthralled throughout. The plot is fast paced and cleverly constructed to keep the reader gue......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on September 24, 2023

Enjoying this author so much. Her storytelling envelops me I do not want to leave it. I hope there is a book 4.......more

Goodreads review by Janet on October 12, 2022

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......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 18, 2022

Jo and Bram are called to investigate the gruesome discovery of charred human remains in a burned out car. However Bram unexpectedly falls ill from complications relating to a war wound leaving Jo, his able and feisty assistant, to continue with their enquiries. This is the 3rd book in this series a......more

Goodreads review by Susan on January 03, 2025

Gripping read yet again … action all the way to the end … what characters Jo and Bram are …. Please keep writing more......more