Jud H. (trekie70) - , reviewed on 10/9/2017 + 291 more book reviews

The war appears to be nearly at an end and no one could be happier that Bess Crawford. However, even when the fighting ends, the wounded will continue to pour in. One of the soldiers she meets is a Captain Alan Travis, suffering a serious head wound. He makes an extraordinary claim: that his cousin, Lt. James Travis, is the one who shot him. The two are distantly related, as it turns out and an old dispute is how Alan Travis' branch of the family ended up in Barbados, while James Travis' branch remained in England. Of course, no one takes the Captain's accusation seriously and it is concluded that his injury must be more serious than first thought. Bess isn't convinced of that and goes in search of James Travis and his remaining family members still residing in England. What she finds is the matriarch of the Travis family, the town that she runs like her own kingdom and the truth behind a mystery going back to the last century.

A Casualty of War by Charles Todd is the 9th entry in the Bess Crawford mystery series. While not quite a true cozy series, neither is it a hard core series with a leading character like Harry Bosch or Lucas Davenport. Bess Crawford is quite feminine in nature, while at the same time very tenacious when she sets her mind on resolving a problem. I am working my way thru this series and have enjoyed all the books I've read so far. I would recommend this series to anyone who enjoys well-developed Tmystery without the violence of other more hard-core series. I would give this book 4/5 stars.

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