Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 6/9/2024 + 2597 more book reviews

I've enjoyed the "Bess Crawford" mysteries, mostly due to its background of World War I. The mysteries were also good. However, this book seemed to drag on, and the ending seemed to be overly complicated. And in the final chapter, I had to read several paragraphs more than once to try and understand what was happening.

The reason may be that "Charles Todd" is a pen name used by American authors Charles and Caroline Todd. This book was published in 2023, but Caroline Todd died in 2021. Perhaps Charles Todd wrote this one by himself, and it suffered without Caroline Todd's input.

The Fantastic Fiction site does not list any forthcoming books in this series. While the book does end in a possible cliffhanger, I suspect this series may be at an end. And for those readers who followed Bess' adventures, we may never know who she might have married.

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