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A Bitter Truth: A Bess Crawford Mystery (Bess Crawford Mysteries) (udgave 2012)

af Charles Todd

Serier: Bess Crawford (3)

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A battlefield nurse during World War I, Bess Crawford, returning to London for a well-earned Christmas leave, finds her holiday fraught with mystery and murder when she agrees to help a bruised and battered woman return to her small village in Sussex.
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Titel:A Bitter Truth: A Bess Crawford Mystery (Bess Crawford Mysteries)
Forfattere:Charles Todd
Info:William Morrow Paperbacks (2012), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 368 pages
Samlinger:Dit bibliotek
Vurdering:***1/2
Nøgleord:(fiction) Victorian mystery

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Bess Crawford is on leave from the front when she stumbles over a woman outside her house. She takes pity on her and learns that the women has been struck by her husband and has fled to London. She slowly gains the woman's trust and learns that her name is Lydia and that her husband's name is Roger. Bess agrees to travel with her home to her house in the country. But this act of kindness will result in quite a lot of trouble as everyone in the household inclusive Bess will be suspected in a murder case.

Once again has Charles Todd written an engrossing historical novel with where Bess en up having to find out the truth. She must try to figure out why anyone would kill a houseguest, but this time, even she is a suspect. Prior to the man's death has he asked Roger at dinner about a child that looked like Julianna, Rogers little sister that died when she was just 6 years old. But who is the child in question and could that simple question really be the reason for his death?

As much as I enjoyed the book and the mystery was I also a bit puzzled why it all had to be such a hush-hush thing. When the truth finally was revealed about the child was not that overly surprised, I would have liked a more interesting and perhaps surprising mystery than that. I felt that the family mourning of Julianna was frankly a bit over-the-top sometimes that it could affect the present time that much. Yeah, it was tragical, and yeah she was a beautiful child. But sometimes the truth could perhaps save some heartache and time. Still I enjoyed finding out the truth even though it was a little let down that it wasn't that complex.

But the murders is all whole other story, I failed to realize who the murder was. It wasn't until Bess and Simon Brandon realized who it was and then everything made sense.

One thing that really pleased me (and confused me) was that Sergeant Lassiter Larimore has finally made his first entrance in this book series. I am a bit confused about the name of him since I read about him A Pattern of Lies where he was Sergeant Lassiter, but here is he called Sergeant Larimore. Could there really be two different Aussie Sergeants with the same trademark Kookaburra laughter?

I just have to read on to figure it out...

4.5 stars ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
I am a real fan of Charles Todd mysteries, both series. This is Bess Crawford, who inevitably spends what little leave time she has solving mysterious deaths and murders. Okay by me since the WWI background is excellent and the mystery intriguing. Very well written. ( )
  PattyLee | Dec 14, 2021 |
I had issue with the initial premise of this book.
Main character is good Samaritan
Main character gets her holiday leave usurped.

I love a historical mystery god knows but I just couldn't get the opening premise out of my head. ( )
  knittinkitties | Aug 23, 2021 |
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  Olivermagnus | Jul 2, 2020 |
a very good stand-alone novel, set in the time of the first world war. rather slow for some people, but not me. I think I will check out the other books by this author, sometime soon. ( )
  stephanie_M | Apr 30, 2020 |
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Todd (the nom de plume of a mother-and-son writing team) makes fine work of the brooding atmosphere at Vixen Hill, and a sequence set in France is a powerful illustration of the ordeals of orphaned children caught in the crossfire of battle. But despite their enlightened views on returning veterans, the authors have wasted the exceptional talents of their combat-trained sleuth on this housebound mystery.

tilføjet af y2pk | RedigerNew York Times, Marilyn Stasio (Sep 16, 2011)
 
"The least believable tale from the Todd partnership (An Impartial Witness, 2010, etc.) finds Bess, Roger and the Aussie traipsing all over France and England and bumping into each other. Still, few writers surpass Todd in depicting the insanity of war."
tilføjet af bookfitz | RedigerKirkus Reviews (Aug 15, 2011)
 
"The Todds (a mother-son writing team) plausibly insert their heroine yet again into a criminal investigation, besides providing their usual depth of characterization."
tilføjet af bookfitz | RedigerPublishers Weekly (Jul 18, 2011)
 

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who won't be there this time.
And for Moses,
who will,
with hugs and much love, as always.

And for Jean, reader, cook, proofreader, friend,
who always does things differently.
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A cold rain had followed me from France to England, and an even colder wind greeted me as we pulled into the railway station in London.
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