(DISCLAIMER: I am so very sorry to inform you that this book is yet again another start of a series...of which there are at least 5 books that I am aware of. I am sorry. But it sounds interesting...Don't judge me)
I actually read the synopsis for the 5th book entitled A Question of Honor and fell in love with the thought of this story. But I am a firm believer that you do not start a series with the 5th book...or any book in the series but the first. Whether the elements be minor, you will not understand some references. And I am not a fan of not understanding.
The synopsis of the book via Goodreads.com is as follows;
"The daughter of a distinguished soldier‚ Bess Crawford follows in his footsteps and signs up to go overseas as a nurse during the Great War‚ helping to deal with the many wounded. There‚ serving on a hospital ship‚ she makes a promise to a dying young lieutenant to take a message to his brother‚ Jonathan Graham: "Tell Jonathan that I lied. I did it for Mother′s sake. But it has to be set right." Later‚ when her ship is sunk by a mine and she′s sidelined by a broken arm‚ Bess returns home to England‚ determined to fulfill her promise.
It′s not so easy‚ however. She travels to the village in Kent where the Grahams live and passes on to Jonathan his brother′s plea. Oddly‚ neither Jonathan‚ his mother‚ nor his younger brother admit to knowing what the message means. Then Bess learns that there′s another brother‚ incarcerated in a lunatic asylum since the age of 14 when he was accused of brutally murdering a housemaid.
Bess rightly guesses that the dying soldier′s last words had something to do with the fourth brother. Because the family seems unwilling to do anything‚ she decides that she will investigate. It′s her own duty to the dead."
See I told you it sounds quite captivating! Thoughts anyone?
Happy Reading!!
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