A Bess Crawford Mystery #3
Charles Todd
William Morrow
May 2012 / ISBN 97800620157 09
Fiction/Adult/Mystery
World War I England
Reviewed
by Barbara Buhrer
Bess Crawford arrives back in London on Christmas leave from her
duties as an Army nurse in France to find a battered wife, on her
doorstep. Bess takes her in and, at Lydia's request, accompanies
her to Lydia;s home in a dreary corner of Susse. As the family gathers
for a memorial service for Lydia's deceased brother-in-law, a family
friend attending the memorial and is found murdered. Bess finds
his death is linked to the rumor that Lydia's husband, while stationed
in France, is the father of a Fench child who is the image of his
dead sister who died tragically early in life. Bess confides in
her Australian sergeant, who searches for the child, who is supposed
to be in the care of French nuns.
Todd, the team of mother and son, has presented another well developed
plot, set in the England of World War I. They bring World War I,
England ace to life with a realistic look at battlefield conditions
of the war. Bess is strong likeable, resourseful and caring, and
perhaps has a future with her Australia sergeant??
Reviews of other titles in this series
Duty to
the Dead, #1 [review]
Impartial Witness, #2 [review]
Bitter Truth, #3 [review
1] [review
2]
An
Unmarked Grave, #4 [review]
A Question of Honor #5 [review]
An Unwilling Accomplice #6 [review]
A Pattern of Lies #7 [review]
The Shattered Tree # 8 [review]
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