An impartial witness / Charles Todd.
Tending to the soldiers in the trenches of France during the First World War, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford is sent back to England in the early summer of 1917 with a convoy of severely burned men. One of her patients, a young pilot, has clung to a photograph of his wife since his plane went down, and Bess can't help but notice the photo every time she tends to him. After the patients are transferred to a clinic in Hampshire, Bess is ready for her two-day leave, planning to return to her flat in London to catch up on some much-needed rest. But at the railway station, in a mob of troops leaving for the front, Bess catches a glimpse of a familiar face. Could that be the pilot's wife? And why is she bidding a very emotional farewell to a soldier who is not her husband? Back in France, Bess discovers an old newspaper with a drawing of the woman's face on the front page. Accompanying the drawing is a plea from Scotland Yard looking for information from anyone who has seen her. The woman was murdered - the very day Bess saw her...
Record details
- ISBN: 0061791784
- ISBN: 0062015567
- ISBN: 9780061791789
- ISBN: 9780062015563
- Physical Description: 344 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: [New York] : William Morrow, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | FIC TOD (Text) | 30229100727576 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mars Hill Library | FIC TOD (Text) | 30229100953412 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
