BITTER TRUTH PB

Trying To Help A Woman In Distress World War I Nurse And Accidental Sleuth Bess Crawford Learns That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. When Battlefield Nurse Bess Crawford Returns From France For A Well-Earned Christmas Leave She Finds A Bruised And Shivering Woman Huddled In The Doorway Of Her London Residence. The Woman Has Nowhere To Turn And Propelled By A Firm Sense Of Duty Bess Takes Her In. Once Inside Bess' Flat The Woman Reveals That A Quarrel With Her Husband Erupted Into Violence Yet She Wants To Return Home - If Bess Will Go With Her To Sussex. Realizing That The Woman Is Suffering From A Concussion Bess Gives Up A Few Precious Days Of Leave To Travel With Her. But She Soon Discovers That This Is A Good Deed With Unforeseeable Consequences. What Bess Finds At Vixen Hill Is A House Of Mourning. The Woman'S Family Has Gathered For A Memorial Service For The Elder Son Who Died Of War Wounds. Her Husband Home On Compassionate Leave Is Tense Tormented By Jealousy And His Own Guilty Conscience. Then When A Troubled Houseguest Is Found Dead Bess Herself Becomes A Prime Suspect In The Case. This Murder Will Lead Her To A Dangerous Quest In War-Torn France An Unexpected Ally And A Startling Revelation That Puts Her In Jeopardy Before A Vicious Killer Can Be Exposed.