Clare Francis Books in Order

Clare Francis recounts competing in the 1976 Singlehanded Transatlantic Race aboard Robertson’s Golly. Gales, fog, icebergs, and exhaustion test her endurance as she sails alone from Plymouth to Newport and reflects on the pull of ocean racing.

Clare Francis recounts skippering the yacht ADC Accutrac in the 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race. Competing against fourteen other boats, she describes the demands of taking a crew through an international ocean sailing contest.

During the Second World War, an Englishwoman in the French Resistance, a Nazi collaborator and a German scientist become entangled. A discovery that could aid the Allies draws them through a dangerous struggle involving courage, divided loyalties and betrayal.

Two Norwegians are killed after crossing into Soviet territory, linking an explorer, a grieving widow and a journalist with a secret life. Their search for answers exposes a conspiracy that leads toward a confrontation in the Arctic winter.

When a politician and businessman disappears at sea, his wife Ellen shifts from grieving widow to potential suspect. An army colleague investigates unsettling clues while she protects their children, drawing concealed truths about the marriage into the open.

Lawyer Alexandra O'Neill returns to her Norfolk village to help an old friend find his missing wife. The search exposes secrets behind an apparently perfect marriage and draws Alexandra into danger.

After a brutal attack leaves Catherine badly injured, two men become determined to discover who hurt her. A suspect's arrest offers little reassurance when she senses that someone is still watching her.

Four years after Jenna disappears, her childhood friend Joe begins searching for her. His guilt over introducing her to her husband complicates an investigation that becomes increasingly dangerous.

In the bitter winter of 1946, a Polish veteran finds work in the English wetlands and falls for a local schoolteacher. A death turns suspicion toward the outsider as wartime wounds unsettle the community.

Lawyer Hugh Gwynne represents a father seeking compensation after the crash that killed his daughter. An anonymous letter raises troubling questions about the case, while Hugh's own family faces painful memories.

A report that his former lover has been found bound and stabbed forces businessman Hugh Wellesley to choose whether to reveal their affair. Her murder opens a series of discoveries that challenge what he believed about her and their relationship.

Special Branch officer Nick Ryder tries to infiltrate a terrorist cell financed by Moscow and operating in England. His own superiors' evasions and resistance from MI5 complicate the pursuit of its ruthless leader, drawing him into a dangerous political web.

A plane carrying deadly chemicals veers off course near a retired rock star's Scottish home. Environmental campaigner Daisy Field follows the aftermath into a fight against corporate priorities, seeking his support while facing sabotage and powerful opposition.