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A cruel deception, Charles Todd

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"The Armistice of November 1918 ended the fighting, but the Great War will not be over until a Peace Treaty is drawn up and signed by all parties. Representatives from the Allies are gathering in Paris, and already ominous signs of disagreement have appeared. Sister Bess Crawford . . . is asked to carry out a personal mission in Paris for a Matron at the London headquarters of The Queen Alexandra's. Bess is facing decisions about her own future, even as she searches for the man she is charged with helping. When she does locate Lawrence Minton, she finds a bitter and disturbed officer who has walked away from his duties at the Peace Conference and is well on his way toward an addiction to opiates. When she confronts him with the dangers of using laudanum, he tells her that he doesn't care if he lives or dies, as long as he can find oblivion. But what has changed him? . . . He can't confide in Bess--because the truth is so deeply buried in his mind that he can only relive it in nightmares. The officers who had shared a house with him in Paris profess to know nothing--still, Bess is reluctant to trust them even when they offer her their help. . . . What is driving this man to a despair so profound it can only end with death? . . . To prevent a tragedy, she must get at the truth as quickly as possible--which means putting herself between Lieutenant Minton and whatever is destroying him."--
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eng
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  • Large print edition.
  • First HarperLuxe edition.
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435 pages (large print)
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9780062944290
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A cruel deception
Title
A cruel deception
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Charles Todd
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Language
eng
Summary
"The Armistice of November 1918 ended the fighting, but the Great War will not be over until a Peace Treaty is drawn up and signed by all parties. Representatives from the Allies are gathering in Paris, and already ominous signs of disagreement have appeared. Sister Bess Crawford . . . is asked to carry out a personal mission in Paris for a Matron at the London headquarters of The Queen Alexandra's. Bess is facing decisions about her own future, even as she searches for the man she is charged with helping. When she does locate Lawrence Minton, she finds a bitter and disturbed officer who has walked away from his duties at the Peace Conference and is well on his way toward an addiction to opiates. When she confronts him with the dangers of using laudanum, he tells her that he doesn't care if he lives or dies, as long as he can find oblivion. But what has changed him? . . . He can't confide in Bess--because the truth is so deeply buried in his mind that he can only relive it in nightmares. The officers who had shared a house with him in Paris profess to know nothing--still, Bess is reluctant to trust them even when they offer her their help. . . . What is driving this man to a despair so profound it can only end with death? . . . To prevent a tragedy, she must get at the truth as quickly as possible--which means putting herself between Lieutenant Minton and whatever is destroying him."--
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Todd, Charles
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Bess Crawford mystery
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11
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  • Crawford, Bess (Fictitious character)
  • Nurses
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Soldiers
  • Medical care
  • Secrecy
  • Murder
  • Paris (France)
  • England
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general
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A cruel deception, Charles Todd
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  • txt
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rdacontent.
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
  • Large print edition.
  • First HarperLuxe edition.
Extent
435 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780062944290
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unmediated
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rdamedia.
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  • n
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  • (OCoLC)on1123215745
  • 3213860
  • BK0024538596
Label
A cruel deception, Charles Todd
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
  • Large print edition.
  • First HarperLuxe edition.
Extent
435 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9780062944290
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1123215745
  • 3213860
  • BK0024538596

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