An Impartial Witness
by Charles Todd
ou all know how much I adore Maisie Dobbs (Jacqueline Winspear's
charming creation); well, here is another wonderful detective to
admire: Bess Crawford, who is the creation of esteemed mystery writer
Charles Todd (who is actually a mother-son writing team!) I read my
first Bess mystery a year ago, called A Duty to the Dead and I loved it;
an intelligent protagonist, set in England during and after WWI, old
fashioned mystery and intrigue. Then just a little while ago I received
an advanced reading copy of the second Bess mystery called An Impartial
Witness and it is every bit as good. A new series to follow, I love it!
Bess and Maisie would get along as they are both sensitive and
perceptive and smart and compelling and likable.
The newest book, An Impartial Witness, finds Bess in the trenches of
France going back and forth escorting patients to the hospital in
England. One patient is severely burned and the photo of his wife pinned
on his shirt has helped him survive. While in the railway station she
notices an emotional woman and realizes it is the wife of the soldier
she just brought home; shortly afterward the woman is found murdered and
the mystery begins. You will be captured from the first page by the
haunting atmosphere and compelling characters and evocative prose. Both
books will be published September 1st, Duty in paper and Witness in
hardback. I urge you to try them both!
You all know how much I adore Maisie Dobbs (Jacqueline Winspear's charming creation); well, here is another wonderful detective to admire: Bess Crawford, who is the creation of esteemed mystery writer Charles Todd (who is actually a mother-son writing team!) I read my first Bess mystery a year ago, called A Duty to the Dead and I loved it; an intelligent protagonist, set in England during and after WWI, old fashioned mystery and intrigue. Then just a little while ago I received an advanced reading copy of the second Bess mystery called An Impartial Witness and it is every bit as good. A new series to follow, I love it! Bess and Maisie would get along as they are both sensitive and perceptive and smart and compelling and likable. An Impartial Witness finds Bess in the trenches of France going back and forth escorting patients to the hospital in England. One patient is severely burned and the photo of his wife pinned on his shirt has helped him survive. While in the railway station she notices an emotional woman and realizes it is the wife of the soldier she just brought home; shortly afterward the woman is found murdered and the mystery begins. You will be captured from the first page by the haunting atmosphere and compelling characters and evocative prose. Both books will be published September 1st, Duty in paper and Witness in hardback. I urge you to try them both!