Fran Dorricott

Fran Dorricott is a British suspense writer whose novels place close relationships inside isolated settings and escalating uncertainty. The Loch follows Eleanor, Clio, and Michaela after rain disrupts their Scottish camping trip and sends them to Loch House beside the fictional Loch Aven. The surrounding community still remembers three women who vanished twenty years earlier, and the old mystery becomes immediate when one of the present-day friends disappears. HarperCollins published the novel through its Avon imprint in 2023. A publisher rights guide identifies Dorricott's training in creative writing and her work as a bookseller, while WorldCat and bookseller records verify Dorricott's byline, title, and edition. Dorricott builds suspense through a confined house, difficult weather, local secrecy, and the strain placed on friendship when explanations no longer seem trustworthy. The Loch sits alongside her other thrillers, including The Lighthouse and The Final Child. Readers can expect an atmospheric mystery in which landscape and community memory steadily narrow the characters' choices.