The Shattered Tree: A Bess Crawford Mystery (Bess Crawford Mysteries)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006238628X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Meh How difficult it is to write a 2 star review, particularly of the latest book in a long, on-going series, but Charles Todd's "The Shattered Tree" is a mish-mash of a book. The series is Todd's "Bess Crawford" and while their other series, "Inspector Ian Rutledge", still has some life in it, poor Bess is now at the end of WW1 and still seeing bad guys among her wounded soldiers. In "The Shattered T. TIME TO END THE WAR I read the Bess Crawford book when the come out, as well as the Ian Rutledge ones. I admit, though, to often overlooking the more annoying features of Bess the character in order to fully enjoy the books. Annoying things like the number of other characters who seem romatically attracted to her despite her apparent lack of even a scintilla of sexual interest in anyone at all. She also goes haring o. Not up to their usual standard Kindle Customerm. marilyn stauter I have read all the Bess Crawford books, and although they are sometimes uneven, I've enjoyed them. I can't say the same for this one. The plot is plodding and pedantic, and it feels like we are going over the same material time and again without making any real progress. I had been waiting for this book to come out, but it was a major disappointmen to met.
Todd again creates a thought-provoking novel that evokes the terrors and suspicions of war.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch) . A vivid and personal look at WWI.” (SouthFlorida)Praise for A Question of Honor: “A gripping whodunit haunted by the brutal realities of war and graced with the selfless determination of Bess to uncover the truth.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch on A QUESTION OF HONOR)Praise for An Unwilling Accomplice: “Bess is a character with depth and complexity, an army nurse during that awful war, so, like that series, not only intricate mysteries but engrossing historical fiction.” (SCDemocrat on AN UNWILLING ACCOMPLICE)Praise for A Pattern of Lies: “A richly realistic depiction of both the era and people who lived through it.” (Margaret Maron, Edgar Award-winning author)“Charles Todd’s b
The odd thing is, the officer isn’t British—he’s French. If he was a French soldier, what was he doing so far from his own lines and so close to where the Germans are putting up a fierce, last-ditch fight?When the French officer disappears in Paris, it’s up to Bess—a soldier’s daughter as well as a nurse—to find out why, even at the risk of her own life.. World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford goes to dangerous lengths to investigate a wounded soldier’s background—and uncover his true loyalties—in this thrilling and atmospheric entry in the bestselling “vivid period mystery series” (New York Times Book Review).At the foot of a tree shattered by shelling and gunfire, stretcher-bearers find an exhausted officer, shivering with cold and a loss of blood from several wounds. But in a moment of anger and stress, he shouts at Bess in German.When Bess reports the incident to Matron, her superior offers a ready explanation. But is the wounded man Alsatian? And if he is, on which side of the war do his sympathies really lie?Of course, Matron could be right, but Bess remains uneasy—and unconvinced. The soldier is brought to battlefield nurse Bes
A mother-and-son writing team, they live on the East Coast.. Charles Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawford mysteries, and two stand-alone novels