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The Shattered Tree, May 2017
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The Shattered Tree, September 2016
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No Shred of Evidence, February 2016
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A Pattern of Lies, August 2015
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A Fine Summer's Day, January 2015
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An Unwilling Accomplice, August 2014
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The Maharani's Pearls, July 2014
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Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories, September 2013
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Proof Of Guilt, February 2013
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The Walnut Tree, November 2012
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An Unmarked Grave, June 2012
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The Confession, January 2012
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A Bitter Truth, September 2011
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An Impartial Witness, August 2011
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A Lonely Death, January 2011
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A False Mirror, January 2008
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A Long Shadow, January 2007
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A Cold Treachery, August 2005
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The Murder Stone, August 2004
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Fearsome Doubt, July 2003
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Watchers of Time, July 2002
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Legacy of the Dead, June 2001
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Search the Dark, May 2000
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The Maharani's Pearls
Charles Todd

Bess Crawford Mysteries
Witness Impulse
July 2014
On Sale: July 1, 2014
Featuring: Bess Crawford
96 pages
ISBN: 0062369237
EAN: 9780062369239
Kindle: B00JZOX5CW
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Living with her family in India, young Bess Crawford's curiosity about this exotic country sometimes leads her into trouble. One day she slips away from the cantonment to visit the famous seer in a nearby village. Before this woman can finish telling her fortune, Bess is summoned back for an afternoon tea with the Maharani, a close friend of her parents'. The seer's last words are a warning about forthcoming danger that Bess takes as the usual patter. But this visit by the Maharani has ominous overtones that mark it as more than a social call. Her husband has political enemies, and she has come to ask Bess's father, Major Crawford, for help. As the Maharani is leaving, Bess notices that there is something amiss with the royal entourage. Major Crawford must set out after them—but will he be in time? And what will happen to Bess, and the household left behind, when a vicious assassin circles back to take hostages? Here is an extraordinary glimpse into the childhood of the Bess Crawford we know from her service in the Great War.