Voices of men are remarkably strong and forthright, and Landor achieves the perfect timbre for Bess’ firm yet feminine Though all gets wrapped up a bit too neatly and quickly at the end.I am now officially a Bess Crawford/Charles Todd fan! Heavenly to know that there are 3 more in print!" Atmospheric and detail rich-esp the references to Bess Crawford's childhood in India. A terrific first chapter-the torpedoing/sinking of The Britanic! A wonderful page turner. But it isn’t as straightforward as she expects, when she hears the whispers in the village of Owlhurst-and in the end, the price of uncovering the truth will mean putting her own life at risk for Arthur’s sake. Knowing what it cost the young officer to rely on a stranger to speak for him, Bess takes upon herself this duty to the dead, so that Arthur can rest in peace. Then the family’s safe world is turned upside down when another brother comes home, dying of pneumonia. There the enigmatic message is treated with skepticism. When the hospital ship is sunk by a mine and she is sent home to England to recover from her wounds, Bess is determined to fulfill her promise at last. In 1916, she promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will carry his dying request to a brother. The daughter of a distinguished soldier, Bess Crawford follows in his patriotic footsteps, volunteering to serve her country as a nurse during the Great War.
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