by Charles Todd
I do love this series! After being introduced to Bess Crawford and the world around her during WWI in A Duty to the Dead, we find her transporting long term wounded to England. One of her charges is a horribly burned pilot who clings to a picture of his wife as he also clings to life. So Bess eas...
An Impartial Witness is a sequel to A duty to the Dead and I was eager to read this book since this series has become a favorite of mine. It's the early summer of 1917 and Bess Crawford is returning home from the trenches of France with a convoy of wounded men. One of the patients is Lt. Meriwethe...
This review was previously posted on amazon on June 19, 2012: This is the second book in the Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd, which I read directly on the heels of the first.***Plot Summary***Once again, Bess Crawford finds herself at the center of a mystery when she sees the wife of a burn p...
Rosalyn Landor's narration of An Impartial Witness was quite nice to listen to, and she is a talented narrator. Unfortunately, I didn't care for this Bess Crawford mystery as much as I did for A Duty to the Dead.There were still a lot of side-effect-of-war issues discussed in this book, and I reall...
This is the second book in the Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd, which I read directly on the heels of the first.***Plot Summary***Once again, Bess Crawford finds herself at the center of a mystery when she sees the wife of a burn patient, whom she recognizes from the photograph that her patient...
I started Maisie Dobbs, but the library I'm at the most doesn't have the second book. I remembered that Jess had recommended the Bess Crawford books recently, so I picked up the first one.In general, I like historical mysteries, so these two had that going for them from the beginning. Also, I've bee...
Quick read. I know the authors are actually from the US but the characters sound so...American, except when they are weirdly and randomly very formal and stilted ("I may call you Elizabeth, may I not?"). Also, it is odd that everyone (her parents, the police, suspects) allow Bess to go about invest...
This book was ok..not a rock your socks type of book. The character of Bess Crawford has really bored me, yet I haven't really been able to get into their other character either.
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