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nursenell's review
5.0
This is the last book in the series. Armistice Day has arrived although Bess is still billeted in France as there are still the injured to care for. I wonder if the authors will continue the series post WWI. I hope so.
judyward's review against another edition
3.0
The war is finally over--although the only way that you would know it in a field hospital in France is that the guns have stopped. Sister Bess Crawford has twice nursed an English officer who insists that his cousin tried twice to kill him on the front lines. The only problem is that the cousin was killed in combat the year before. Bess is determined to find out what is going on and her search takes her back to England.
cgbart's review against another edition
4.0
Look, on a story/structural level this gets maybe a 3.5, but overall it gets a 4.5 because THE ENTIRE BOOK WAS BESS AND SIMON HANGING OUT AND SOLVING THINGS which was REALLY ALL I ever wanted in this series so I will take what I can get.
melissasbookshelf's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this latest Bess Crawford mystery. In this story, the war is finally coming to an end, but Bess still manages to find a mystery wherever she goes. In this story, she meets Capt. Alan Travis from the Island of Barbados. He's a personable gentleman who interests Bess. When she sees him again he has a head wound and insists that a long lost cousin is the one who shot him. He goes back to duty, but returns again with a more severe injury to his back and insists that this cousin is responsible again. His sanity is in question and he winds up in a clinic for the mentally ill in England when Bess finds him again. Bess can't believe him insane, even when faced with the impossibility of the circumstances. She and Simon decide to investigate the captain's story.
I liked this story because we're given more of a glimpse in to Simon Brandon's life. Bess is also finally having to think about life after the war. While I did figure out the mystery, I enjoyed the characters in the village and her interaction with Simon. I'm hoping she will not think of Simon as a brother and will consider him as more. They get along so well darn it!
I love this narrator for the audiobook! She really makes the characters come alive and does a great job with the male characters.
I liked this story because we're given more of a glimpse in to Simon Brandon's life. Bess is also finally having to think about life after the war. While I did figure out the mystery, I enjoyed the characters in the village and her interaction with Simon. I'm hoping she will not think of Simon as a brother and will consider him as more. They get along so well darn it!
I love this narrator for the audiobook! She really makes the characters come alive and does a great job with the male characters.
wendystewartfox's review
adventurous
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
nonna7's review against another edition
5.0
Charles Todd is the pseudonym for an American mother/son writing team. Together they produce books that are rich in historical detail and written very much in the British manner.
The war is nearing an end, but drags on until the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month per the armistice agreement. Bess is reassigned and is waiting for her transport when she meets a British army office, Captain Alan Travis. He lives in Barbados and is yearning to return. He also tells her that he met a distant cousin his own age in Paris & liked him very much. She sees him again, but this time he is angry, insisting that his cousin tried to kill him - not once but twice.
Then she sees him again when he is in a clinic where he is tied down day and night because the doctors are convinced that he is suffering from a delusion.
Bess becomes involved in trying to prove there is nothing wrong with him and steps into a morass of evil and murder that is, as always, both complex and fascinating.
I had a hard time putting this one down. The wounds of war are described here in detail: those wounds are not just physical nor are they limited to members of the military. More politicians should have to read these books and understand what they are doing to their citizens when they engage in fruitless wars.
The war is nearing an end, but drags on until the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month per the armistice agreement. Bess is reassigned and is waiting for her transport when she meets a British army office, Captain Alan Travis. He lives in Barbados and is yearning to return. He also tells her that he met a distant cousin his own age in Paris & liked him very much. She sees him again, but this time he is angry, insisting that his cousin tried to kill him - not once but twice.
Then she sees him again when he is in a clinic where he is tied down day and night because the doctors are convinced that he is suffering from a delusion.
Bess becomes involved in trying to prove there is nothing wrong with him and steps into a morass of evil and murder that is, as always, both complex and fascinating.
I had a hard time putting this one down. The wounds of war are described here in detail: those wounds are not just physical nor are they limited to members of the military. More politicians should have to read these books and understand what they are doing to their citizens when they engage in fruitless wars.
pkadams's review against another edition
3.0
Another solid Bess Crawford mystery. This one finds Bess dealing with a patient who is shot in the head and mistaken by the military for having suffered a mental breakdown. Bess uses her leave to investigate and solve with her trusty sidekick Simon playing a larger role. Always enjoyable and a good book to take on vacation or enjoy at the beginning of a holiday weekend.
marystevens's review against another edition
4.0
One of the best in this series. The Armistice has just been signed and Bess is on leave in England. But she is concerned about one of her patients Captain Travis who claims to have been shot by a British lieutenant Travis on 2 occasions. He’s been diagnosed as having shell shock since none of his men saw the shooter and is now languishing in a mental clinic. Bess tends to believe him. So she tries to do what she can for him. Complications arise because of the Travis estate. The Captain is a distant relation.