A Bitter Truth
- Author: Charles Todd
- Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 11:01:59
Synopsis
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’s 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.
Chapters
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Chapter 001
Duration: 10s -
Chapter 002
Duration: 56min -
Chapter 003
Duration: 36min -
Chapter 004
Duration: 30min -
Chapter 005
Duration: 40min -
Chapter 006
Duration: 47min -
Chapter 007
Duration: 20min -
Chapter 008
Duration: 25min -
Chapter 009
Duration: 28min -
Chapter 010
Duration: 41min -
Chapter 011
Duration: 36min -
Chapter 012
Duration: 32min -
Chapter 013
Duration: 18min -
Chapter 014
Duration: 53min -
Chapter 015
Duration: 38min -
Chapter 016
Duration: 35min -
Chapter 017
Duration: 43min -
Chapter 018
Duration: 30min -
Chapter 019
Duration: 25min -
Chapter 020
Duration: 19min