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A review by samhouston
A Casualty of War by Charles Todd
3.0
"A Casualty of War" is a tale about one man's obsessive quest to prove that a fellow British officer deliberately tried to kill him during a WWI battle in France.
As it turns out, the man targeted for assassination has unknowingly become heir to a title and mansion in England even though he has never met anyone in the English branch of his family (he was born and raised elsewhere). The mother-son writing team known as "Charles Todd" tells an interesting story here, but too many of the characters are stereotypical representatives of a type, and it is sometimes difficult to take them and their actions very seriously.
Still, this made for a decent audio book (the reader is absolutely excellent), and since it is my first experience with this series, I may be underestimating its impact on series fans. As regards the series, for me, this will most likely be the end of it.
As it turns out, the man targeted for assassination has unknowingly become heir to a title and mansion in England even though he has never met anyone in the English branch of his family (he was born and raised elsewhere). The mother-son writing team known as "Charles Todd" tells an interesting story here, but too many of the characters are stereotypical representatives of a type, and it is sometimes difficult to take them and their actions very seriously.
Still, this made for a decent audio book (the reader is absolutely excellent), and since it is my first experience with this series, I may be underestimating its impact on series fans. As regards the series, for me, this will most likely be the end of it.