From the Publisher
A superb whodunit—just when you think you have it figured out, Todd throws a curve—and a moving evocation of a world at war.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch on An Impartial Witness
“Remarkable.” — New York Times Book Review on An Impartial Witness
“A book rich in atmosphere and dense with plot.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch on An Impartial Witness
“Bess Crawford is a strong and likable character.” — Washington Times on An Impartial Witness
“Entertaining.” — Mystery Scene on An Impartial Witness
“Todd’s excellent second mystery featuring British nurse Bess Crawford smoothly blends realistic characters with an intricate plot.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) on An Impartial Witness
“A smartly plotted, well-told mystery.” — Booklist on An Impartial Witness
“Readers will enjoy Todd’s plucky, determined sleuth and a thrilling mystery that proves murders on the home front don’t stop just because there’s a war.” — Library Journal on An Impartial Witness
“Finely plotted and full of meticulous period detail and deft characterizations, An Impartial Witness testifies to the lasting appeal of historical mystery fiction.” — Strand magazine on An Impartial Witness
“This second book in the Bess Crawford series places this mother-son duo at the top of their plotting game, with intricate twists and plenty of viable suspects. The meticulously realized period detailing is an intrinsic part of a story that is much more than a whodunit.” — Romantic Times on An Impartial Witness
St. Louis Post-Dispatch on An Impartial Witness
A book rich in atmosphere and dense with plot.
Mystery Scene on An Impartial Witness
Entertaining.
Booklist on An Impartial Witness
A smartly plotted, well-told mystery.
Richmond Times-Dispatch on An Impartial Witness
A superb whodunit—just when you think you have it figured out, Todd throws a curve—and a moving evocation of a world at war.
New York Times Book Review on An Impartial Witness
Remarkable.
Strand magazine on An Impartial Witness
Finely plotted and full of meticulous period detail and deft characterizations, An Impartial Witness testifies to the lasting appeal of historical mystery fiction.
Washington Times on An Impartial Witness
Bess Crawford is a strong and likable character.
Romantic Times on An Impartial Witness
This second book in the Bess Crawford series places this mother-son duo at the top of their plotting game, with intricate twists and plenty of viable suspects. The meticulously realized period detailing is an intrinsic part of a story that is much more than a whodunit.
FEBRUARY 2011 - AudioFile
With emotional intensity and studied elegance, Rosalyn Landor guides listeners to 1917, when England’s aristocracy is facing the end of innocence and British military forces are being dealt their bloodiest hand against the Germans. Landor’s voice and manner are ideal choices to tell the story of Bess Crawford, a nurse tending the critically wounded in France. One of Crawford’s patients, a burn victim, has kept his wife’s photograph as a beloved talisman. So Crawford is surprised to see the woman from the photo with another man at a London train station. Crawford later learns that within hours of seeing the woman at the train station, she was murdered. Driven by curiosity and principle, Bess is compelled to discover who murdered the wife. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
