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Bess Crawford Mysteries

A Mystery Series by Charles Todd

A Duty to the Dead is the first book of the Bess Crawford Mysteries series

FIRST PUBLISHED 2009

NUMBER OF BOOKS 14 books

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World War I nurse-sleuth mysteries
War trauma and moral dilemmas
Family secrets colliding with duty and justice

Book Series In Order

A Duty to the Dead

1

A Duty to the Dead

An Impartial Witness

2

An Impartial Witness

A Bitter Truth

3

A Bitter Truth

An Unmarked Grave

4

An Unmarked Grave

A Question of Honor

5

A Question of Honor

An Unwilling Accomplice

6

An Unwilling Accomplice

A Pattern of Lies

7

A Pattern of Lies

The Shattered Tree

8

The Shattered Tree

A Casualty of War

9

A Casualty of War

A Forgotten Place

10

A Forgotten Place

A Cruel Deception

11

A Cruel Deception

An Irish Hostage

12

An Irish Hostage

The Cliff's Edge

13

The Cliff's Edge

A Deadly Cost

14

A Deadly Cost

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The Walnut Tree: A Holiday Tale

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The Maharani's Pearls

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A Hanging at Dawn

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