A review by judyward
An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd

4.0

It's 1917 and British nurse Bess Crawford is escorting several seriously wounded soldiers from France back to hospitals in England. One of the men is a pilot who was badly burned when his plane was shot down. The pilot is clutching a picture of his wife and tells Bess that the hope of seeing her again is all that is keeping him alive. Bess later sees a picture of the same woman in the London newspaper with a request for information from the police. She was murdered the same day that her husband arrived back in England. And, of course, Bess ends up becoming involved with the unraveling of the story. This book combines both a intriguing plot with an excellent reconstruction of life during World War I in England and on the battlefields in France. So far, I am enjoying this series. Keep them coming Charles Todd.