The Arctic Fury: A Novel [Paperback]

<p><strong>A dozen women join a secret 1850s Arctic expedition—and a sensational murder trial unfolds when some of them don't come back.</strong></p><p>Eccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women, trek into the Arctic, and find her husband's lost expedition. Four parties have failed to find him, and Lady Franklin wants a radical new approach: put the women in charge.</p><p>A year later, Virginia stands trial for murder. Survivors of the expedition willing to publicly support her sit in the front row. There are only five. What happened out there on the ice?</p><p>Set against the unforgiving backdrop of one of the world's most inhospitable locations, <em>USA Today</em>bestselling author Greer Macallister uses the true story of Lady Jane Franklin's tireless attempts to find her husband's lost expedition as a jumping-off point to spin a tale of bravery, intrigue, perseverance and hope.</p>"I loved this book. It kept me in suspense and when it was over I wanted to read it again... I recommend this for people who aren't averse to ambiguity, who like stories of adventure and exploration as well as intersectional examinations of women's lives, and to people who like mystery/thrillers." - <strong><em>Smart Bitches, Trashy Books</em></strong>"One of the most famous traveling disasters in history serves as the wireframe for a story that skillfully weaves adventure, classism, eccentricity, sexism, suspense, and racism into a spellbinding thriller." - <strong><em>The Amazon Book Review</em></strong>"[An] adventurous historical mystery... Moving from the present to the past and from one woman's voice to another, Macallister captures the suspenseful journey from all angles as readers uncover the truth about what really happened out on the ice." - <strong><em>Booklist</emlÓW