{"product_id":"a-cruel-deception-an-atmospheric-mystery-of-war-trauma-and-secrets-in-the-great-wars-aftermath-bess-crawford-mysteries-11","title":"A Cruel Deception: An Atmospheric Mystery of War Trauma and Secrets in the Great War's Aftermath (Bess Crawford Mysteries, 11)","description":"“As always, Todd’s intense feelings for the traumatized survivors of war make one mother’s son the broken hero of an entire generation of lost souls.” — The New York Times Book Review\n\nIn the aftermath of World War I, English nurse Bess Crawford attempts to save a troubled officer from a mysterious killer in this eleventh book in the acclaimed Bess Crawford mystery series.\nThe Armistice of November 1918 ended the fighting, but the\nGreat War will not be over until a Peace Treaty is drawn up and signed by all\nparties involved. Representatives from the Allies are gathering in Paris, and\nalready ominous signs of disagreement have appeared.\nSister Bess Crawford, who has been working with the severely\nwounded in England in the war’s wake, is asked to carry out a personal mission\nin Paris for a Matron at the London headquarters of The Queen Alexandra’s.\nBess is facing decisions about her own future, even as she\nsearches for Lawrence Minton. When she finally locates him, instead of the\nintelligent, ambitious officer she expects, she finds a bitter and disturbed\nman who has abdicated his duties at the Peace Conference and is well on his way\ntoward an addiction to opiates. Indeed, he tells her that he doesn’t care if he\nlives or dies, he only wants oblivion. But what has changed him? What is it\nthat haunts him? It seems the truth is buried so deep in his mind that he can\nonly relive it in wild nightmares. When Minton goes missing, bent on suicide,\nBess must race to unlock his past before he succeeds.\nReluctant to trust an officer in Minton’s regiment, a man\nwith secrets of his own, and uncertain of the loyalties of Matron’s friends in\nParis, Bess must rely on her own instincts and experience—and sometimes in\ndesperation on a stranger who claims he never met Minton.\nCould whatever happened to Minton in Paris somehow be\nconnected to his war? And why did he not kill Bess when he had the chance—then\nlater, viciously attack her without warning? What is destroying Lieutenant\nMinton? Or is it who? And what horror will she have to confront, if she\nis to save him?\n\n\n\nIn this, the eleventh novel in the award-winning Bess\nCrawford series, New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd delivers\na rich and atmospheric portrait that illuminates the cost of war on human lives—the\nlingering pain and horror that no peace, no matter how earned, can assuage.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062859846\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0062859846.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Todd, Charles\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41490267799610,"sku":"DBV.0062859846.G","price":5.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0062859846-0.jpg?v=1782496580","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-cruel-deception-an-atmospheric-mystery-of-war-trauma-and-secrets-in-the-great-wars-aftermath-bess-crawford-mysteries-11","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}