"As always, Todd's intense feelings for the traumatized survivors
of war make one mother's son the broken hero of an entire
generation of lost souls." - The New York Times Book Review In the
aftermath of World War I, English nurse Bess Crawford attempts to
save a troubled officer from a mysterious killer in this eleventh
book in the acclaimed Bess Crawford mystery series. The Armistice
of November 1918 ended the fighting, but the Great War will not be
over until a Peace Treaty is drawn up and signed by all parties
involved. Representatives from the Allies are gathering in Paris,
and already ominous signs of disagreement have appeared. Sister
Bess Crawford, who has been working with the severely wounded in
England in the war's wake, is asked to carry out a personal mission
in Paris for a Matron at the London headquarters of The Queen
Alexandra's. Bess is facing decisions about her own future, even as
she searches for Lawrence Minton. When she finally locates him,
instead of the intelligent, ambitious officer she expects, she
finds a bitter and disturbed man who has abdicated his duties at
the Peace Conference and is well on his way toward an addiction to
opiates. Indeed, he tells her that he doesn't care if he lives or
dies, he only wants oblivion. But what has changed him? What is it
that haunts him? It seems the truth is buried so deep in his mind
that he can only relive it in wild nightmares. When Minton goes
missing, bent on suicide, Bess must race to unlock his past before
he succeeds. Reluctant to trust an officer in Minton's regiment, a
man with secrets of his own, and uncertain of the loyalties of
Matron's friends in Paris, Bess must rely on her own instincts and
experience-and sometimes in desperation on a stranger who claims he
never met Minton. Could whatever happened to Minton in Paris
somehow be connected to his war? And why did he not kill Bess when
he had the chance-then later, viciously attack her without warning?
What is destroying Lieutenant Minton? Or is it who? And what horror
will she have to confront, if she is to save him? In this, the
eleventh novel in the award-winning Bess Crawford series, New York
Times bestselling author Charles Todd delivers a rich and
atmospheric portrait that illuminates the cost of war on human
lives-the lingering pain and horror that no peace, no matter how
earned, can assuage.
General
Imprint: |
William Morrow Paperbacks
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Bess Crawford Mysteries, 11 |
Release date: |
October 2020 |
Authors: |
Charles Todd
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Dimensions: |
203 x 135 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-285984-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
Historical mysteries
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LSN: |
0-06-285984-6 |
Barcode: |
9780062859846 |
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