A review by judyward
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd

3.0

This book is the first in a new series by mother-son writing team, Charles Todd. Bess Crawford is a nurse in the British Army during World War I. In 1916, Bess made a promise to a dying soldier that she would take a message to his brother and while home in England recuperating from an injury suffered when the hospital ship she was stationed on was sunk off the coast of Greece, she visits his family and is immediately drawn into their drama and secrets. Much of the action in the book centers around how World War I affected England domestically as well as militarily. An interesting beginning for the series. I'm looking forward to the publication of the next Bess Crawford adventure.