A bitter truth : a Bess Crawford mystery / Charles Todd.
Trying to help a woman in distress, World War I nurse and accidental sleuth Bess Crawford learns that no good deed goes unpunished When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence. The woman has nowhere to turn, and propelled by a firm sense of duty, Bess takes her in. Once inside Bess's flat, the woman reveals that a quarrel with her husband erupted into violence, yet she wants to return home--if Bess will go with her to Sussex. Realizing that the woman is suffering from a concussion, Bess gives up a few precious days of leave to travel with her. But she soon discovers that this is a good deed with unforeseeable consequences. What Bess finds at Vixen Hill is a house of mourning. The woman's family has gathered for a memorial service for the elder son, who died of war wounds. Her husband, home on compassionate leave, is tense, tormented by jealousy and his own guilty conscience. Then, when a troubled houseguest is found dead, Bess herself becomes a prime suspect in the case. This murder will lead her to a dangerous quest in war-torn France, an unexpected ally, and a startling revelation that puts her in jeopardy before a vicious killer can be exposed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062125644 (electronic audio bk.)
- ISBN: 0062125648 (electronic audio bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 01 min., 05 sec.)) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Harper Audio, 2011.
Content descriptions
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Rosalyn Landor. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on title details screen (OverDrive; viewed August 21, 2014) |
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Subject: | Crawford, Bess (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Nurses > England > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > England > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery stories, War stories. Historical fiction. Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |