Spring, 1918 and the world is still at war. However, another insidious
battle is underway within the war; influenza is killing as many as the
battlefield. Sister Bess Crawford has been called into the shed where
the dead are kept by one of the orderlies. There he shows her a body of
a man who obviously has died not as the result of a battlefield injury
nor the influence, but rather has had his neck broken. Why is he here
and who murdered him?
Unfortunately before Bess can do anything about it, she is struck down
by the flu. She barely survives. After her recovery, Bess is informed
by her family friend Simon Brandon that the orderly committed suicide.
She feels this can't be true. She and Brandon set out to prove that
the two deaths are in truth murders.
Returning to the front to nurse, Bess tries to find an elusive Colonel
Prescott, who seems somehow tied up in everything. While at the aid
station, an attempt is made on her life. How can Bess and her friends
solve this mystery if someone is set on murdering her? Author Charles
Todd sets about creating some tense moments for the reader before
resolving this murder mystery. A good, quick read.
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