Irish Hostage | An: A Novel: 12 (Bess Crawford Mysteries)

“[Readers] are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford . . . While her sensibility is as crisp as her narrative voice | Bess is a compassionate nurse who responds with feeling.”— The New York Times Book ReviewIn the uneasy peace following World War I | nurse Bess Crawford runs into trouble and treachery in Ireland—in this twelfth book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.The Great War is over—but in Ireland | in the wake of the bloody 1916 Easter Rising | anyone who served in France is now considered a traitor | including nurse Eileen Flynn and former soldier Michael Sullivan | who only want to be married in the small | isolated village where she grew up. Even her grandmother is against it | and Eileen’s only protection is her cousin Terrence who was a hero of the Rising and is still being hunted by the British. Bess Crawford had promised to be there for the wedding. And in spite of the danger to her | she keeps that promise—only to be met with the shocking news that the groom has vanished. Eileen begs for her help | but how can Bess hope to find him when she doesn’t know the country | the people | or where to put her trust? Time is running out | for Michael and for Bess herself | and soon her own life is on the line. With only an Irish outlaw and a man being hunted for murder on her side | how can she possibly save herself | much less stop a killer?