The House by the Sea — Nicola Thorne

Clare Trafford's work on a biography of Joan of Arc seems like a welcome escape from her crumbling marriage. In the town of Port St Pierre is the Chateau des Moulins, home of the de Frigecourts, an aristocratic French family plagued by misfortune. When Clare discovers that the estate is built on the site of St Joan's prison, an ancient curse she had long since dismissed as legend looms as deadly fact.