Fans of independent women sleuths like Maisie Dobbs will welcome this new addition to their ranks. The more Bess seeks to sate her curiosity, the more she suspects that the truth about the murder was suppressed. Another winner.Todd again excels at vivid atmosphere and the effects of war in this. Bess becomes further enmeshed in the family's affairs after she learns the obscure message may relate to Graham's half-brother, Peregrine, who was committed to a local asylum for a girl's murder years before. A gripping tale of perilous obligations and dark family secrets in the shadows of a nightmarish time of global conflict, A Duty to the Dead is rich in suspense, surprise, and the impeccable period atmosphere that has become a Charles Todd trademark. Her own brush with death prompts her to travel to Kent and transmit Arthur's cryptic last words to one of his three brothers. While convalescing in England, Bess is tormented because she's put off delivering a message from Arthur Graham, a dying soldier under her care for whom she'd developed strong feelings, to his family. The winning first in a new WWI series from the bestselling mother-son Todds (A Matter of Justice and 10 other Inspector Rutledge mysteries) introduces Bess Crawford, a resourceful British army nurse who's injured when her ship is sunk in 1916.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |