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Feb 15, 2019WhidbeyIslander rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I believe this is the lowest rating I've given to a Charles Todd book (including the Insp. Rutledge series.) While the writing is still pleasant I thought the plot was way too drawn out, and Bess certainly made a pest of herself and stuck…
Sep 19, 2017brangwinn rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is an okay mystery set at the end of World War I. Bess Crawford, a nurse at the front of military action, is caught up in a mystery that goes back decades. When an injury sends her to Paris for recuperation, she somehow manages to…
Sep 16, 2017jeffreyochsner rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This latest book in the Bess Crawford was not very good. Bess ends up spending an inordinate amount time end energy (and the time and energy of others who do her bidding) trying to find out what is/was going on with an injured soldier who…
Dec 21, 2016
Very disappointed too convoluted and contrived. So much back and forth to Petite Beauvais. The threads just don't hang well together. Weak plot weak characters. Did not like.
Dec 01, 2016
I enjoyed this book very much. It held my interest to the end. The writing is good. The relationships are believable. I want to know what happens next. Better than most of the Bess Crawford series.
Nov 03, 2016
I've read and enjoyed all Todd's books but I have to say that this one is SO boring that I didn't even bother finishing it. Not sure why they wrote it, except to simply get a book out.
Oct 23, 2016maryannaze rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I have read all the Bess Crawford books, and this is not my favorite. I almost quit in the middle. It seemed very slow and tedious. I kept wondering why Bess felt she had to poke her nose into the whole business.
Oct 10, 2016jazpur rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This one Is set mostly in Paris and its outskirts in the last year of WWI.British nurse, Bess Crawford senses a mystery when a french lieutenant is attacked by another patient at the aid station and shouts at him in German.When she is shot…