If Bess is to clear her name and return to duty in France, she must prove that she was never his accomplice.
The Army now considers Wilkins a deserter, and Scotland Yard questions Bess when Wilkins is suspected of killing a man in cold blood. How could such a severely wounded man vanish without a trace?īoth the Army and the Nursing Service hold Bess to blame for losing the war hero.
But on the morning after the ceremony when Bess goes to collect her charge for his return journey, she finds the room empty. Heavily bandaged and confined to a wheelchair, Sergeant Jason Wilkins will be in her care for barely a day. In this absorbing and atmospheric historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford's career and life are in jeopardy when a murder is committed on her watchīess Crawford has been summoned by the War Office to accompany a wounded soldier from Shropshire to Buckingham Palace, where he's to be decorated for gallantry by King George himself.
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