The Todd, Charles creator author. text Large type books. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. nyu 2023 First Harper large print edition. monographic eng 447 pages ; 24 cm. "Restless and uncertain of her future in the wake of World War I, former battlefield nurse Bess Crawford agrees to travel to Yorkshire to help a friend of her cousin Melinda through surgery. But circumstances change suddenly when news of a terrible accident reaches them. Bess agrees to go to isolated Scarfdale and the Neville family, where one man has been killed and another gravely injured. The police are asking questions, and Bess is quickly drawn into the fray as two once close families take sides, even as they are forced to remain in the same house until the inquest is completed."-- Charles Todd. Sequel to: An Irish hostage. (Fictitious character) Crawford, Bess Fiction Nurses England Fiction Murder Fiction Yorkshire (England) Fiction Todd, Charles 9780063241992 230208 20230321134755.0 1369145801