A Duty to the Dead: A Bess Crawford Mystery

by Charles Todd | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0061791768 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Villette of Victoria, British Columbia Canada on 8/14/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by Villette from Victoria, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
This is the first book in this series by Charles Todd that I have read and I found it a very enjoyable light read. The authors set their mysteries in WW1 England and in the years following the war. Most of their books feature a shell shocked war vet who is now a detective with the London Metropolitan Police, but this one has a nurse as the main character and an unusual mystery to solve.

Journal Entry 2 by Villette at Victoria, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (8/14/2012 UTC) at Victoria, British Columbia Canada

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This book is travelling to England as part of a summer surprise parcel.

Journal Entry 3 by dirtmother at Matlock, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 6, 2012
I'd heard about this book which sounds right up my street.

Journal Entry 4 by dirtmother at Matlock, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
I found this a compelling story - to the extent that I found myself trying to read it as a passenger in a moving car despite knowing perfectly well that this is a recipe for travel sickness.

We follow Bess Crawford as her involvement in seeing through a promise made to a dying man becomes steadily more and more urgent moving from a long delay in doing anything at all to being determined to find out what really happened at whatever cost to her fondly held images.

I would have liked more characterisation of the dead Arthur's brothers Jonathan - the soldier with the ugly facial wound, and Timothy, unable to enlist due to a birth deformity some called ugly.

There were a whole set of complex motivations which I felt enhanced rather than detracted from the main story - the village doctor and vicar, the mother-in-law of the shell-shocked soldier. It was also interesting to see how Bess's nursing skills allowed her access to more information and perspectives.

Journal Entry 5 by dirtmother at Green Way Cafe OBCZ in Matlock, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Released 10 yrs ago (5/8/2013 UTC) at Green Way Cafe OBCZ in Matlock, Derbyshire United Kingdom

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In case Villette doesn't make it here herself

Journal Entry 6 by whyvon at Matlock, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Thursday, September 26, 2013
Found in the Green Way Cafe, Matlock. Waiting on my pile of books waiting to be read.

Journal Entry 7 by whyvon at Derbion Basement in Derby, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Released 9 yrs ago (7/29/2014 UTC) at Derbion Basement in Derby, Derbyshire United Kingdom

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Twist to the tale.
Can't really add anything to the above comments.
Left on the Book Crossing shelves at the taxi waiting area, Westfield shopping centre, Derby.

Journal Entry 8 by wingcountofmontewing at Heanor, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Delighted to find a well travelled book in Derby today. Looks a great read and I will start it soon.

Journal Entry 9 by wingcountofmontewing at Heanor, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Sad to say I found this book a little dull :(
However I will now save it for the convention in Oxford next year.

Released 8 yrs ago (4/11/2015 UTC) at Bookcrossing Convention 2015 in Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom

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Released at the convention 2015.

Journal Entry 11 by han_cat at Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 11, 2015
Picked up from the book buffet. Thanks Count of Monte, have to say I'm surprised I picked up 3 books you brought considering they seem vary varied. We obviously have overlapping taste!

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