Juggernaut

by Alice Campbell

Juggernaut is a novel that follows a Canadian nurse seeking work in Cannes. She applies for a position as a doctor's assistant and soon finds herself immersed in a new cultural environment. The story explores her interactions with various characters, particularly an enigmatic doctor with a demanding and detached demeanor. She arrives at the doctor's house for a job interview, filled with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. The conversation between them reveals her determination to find work in an unfamiliar place, while his high expectations for her role create an undercurrent of tension. As the narrative unfolds, she encounters patients whose presence hints at deeper, hidden complexities in the doctor's practice. The story gradually builds suspense, with the nurse facing the challenges of adjusting to her new life while uncovering mysteries in her professional environment. As she becomes more entangled in the doctor's world, she must navigate the balance between her own aspirations and the demands placed on her.

389 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 6, 2025

About the author

Alice Ormond Campbell was an American-born British writer of detective fiction. Originally she came from Atlanta, Georgia, where she was part of the socially prominent Ormond family. Alice moved to New York City at the age of nineteen and quickly became a socialist and women’s suffragist. Later she moved to Paris. There she married the American-born artist and writer James Lawrence Campbell and had a son in 1914. After World War One, the family left France for England, where Campbell continued writing crime fiction until 1950.
She published her first work (The Juggernaut) in 1929. She wrote at least nineteen detective novels during her career.