The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey

Shortly after Christmas 1985, the body of Dian Fossey was discovered in the remote but in the high mist-covered mountains of Rwanda where she had lived alone for years - her skull had been split open with a machete. She had become internationally known as an author and a scientist for her work on the threatened and ever-dwindling mountain gorillas of Central Africa. For all its spirit and dedications, her lonely life had been far from idyllic - she herself had been beaten up and raped; she became increasingly truculent with poachers, tourists and fellow scientists. By the time of her death the tall, good-looking woman who had come to Africa from America twenty years before was a deeply disturbed recluse. This is not only the story of the strange, obsessive woman who became one of the most famous naturalists of her time, but is also a compelling murder mystery.