by Diane Fanning (Author)

It was planned to look like a suicide.
But even in the best-laid plans, evidence is left behind...

Jocelyn Branham Earnest was found dead on the floor of her living room in Forest, Virginia. By her side was a gun and a suicide note--typed, lacking a signature, and with one fingerprint on it. A fingerprint apparently belonging to Jocelyn's estranged husband...

Wesley Earnest was a respected high school administrator, poised to restart his life in a new community. Parents entrusted their children to his care and believed he was above reproach. But the investigation into the life the couple once shared would reveal adultery, troubled finances, and shattered dreams--enough for one man with murder on his mind to travel hundreds of miles...

Under Cover of the Night

INCLUDES PHOTOS

Author Biography

Diane Fanning is the Edgar(R) Award-nominated, national bestselling author of twelve true crime books--Sleep My Darlings, Her Deadly Web, Mommy's Little Girl, A Poisoned Passion, The Pastor's Wife, Out There, Under the Knife, Baby Be Mine, Gone Forever, Written in Blood, Into the Water, and Through the Window--as well as the Lucinda Pierce Mysteries and a World War II mystery, Scandal in the Secret City.

She has appeared on numerous network and cable news shows and radio stations across the United States and Canada, including TODAY, 48 Hours, 20/20, Forensic Files, Snapped, bio., Investigation Discovery, E!, and the BBC. Raised in Baltimore, she now lives in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford, Virginia.