| A Bitter Truth Contributor(s): Todd, Charles (Author), Landor, Rosalyn (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792781635 ISBN-13: 9780792781639 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $49.46 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Amateur Sleuth |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Bess Crawford Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.5" (0.20 lbs) |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London flat. Realizing that the woman has nowhere to turn, Bess offers her shelter. When she feels safer, the woman reveals her name and that she has fled from her husband, an officer on leave, who struck her during a terrible quarrel. Still frightened, she will not return to her small village in Sussex unless Bess accompanies her. Every day of leave is precious, for Bess plans to visit her family. But concern and a firm sense of duty compel the independent and compassionate nurse to be certain the woman is safe. But once she arrives at the woman's house, Bess is unsettled by the tense atmosphere, which seems to permeate the very walls. Before she can understand what is going on, matters take a deadly turn when another of the houseguests, a wounded soldier, is murdered. Not only is Bess caught in the center of the hunt for a killer--she becomes a prime suspect herself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Todd, Charles: - Charles and Caroline Todd, a mother-son writing team, are the New York Times bestselling authors of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawford mysteries, and two stand-alone novels. They live in Delaware and North Carolina, respectively. Landor, Rosalyn: -Rosalyn Landor has won eight AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a finalist for the Audie Award. She has worked as an actor since the age of seven, both in Europe and the United States. Her extensive list of credits includes leading roles in film, theater, and audio productions, as well as in various miniseries on all the major television networks and in such productions as Masterpiece Theatre's Sherlock Holmes and Rumpole of the Bailey. |