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.