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Pattern of Lies : A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Pattern of Lies, Paperback by Todd, Charles, ISBN 0062393103, ISBN-13 9780062393104, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Searching for a reluctant witness who may have evidence proving that a deadly explosion was not an accident, Bess Crawford journeys to the front lines of war-torn France and risks her life to protect the witness from a dangerous assailant. By a New York Times best-selling author. (mystery & detective). Simultaneous.

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100062393103

ISBN-139780062393104

eBay Product ID (ePID)205514781

Product Key Features

Book TitlePattern of Lies : a Bess Crawford Mystery

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective / General

FeaturesLarge Type

GenreFiction

AuthorCharles Todd

Book SeriesBess Crawford Mysteries Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-008624

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"As always, the Todds deftly juggle clues and red herrings, leading Bess and readers on a brisk chase. . . . Their intimate knowledge of rural England and the Great War period inject Bess' first-person account with a hefty dose of verisimilitude." -- Wilmington Star News "The seventh book in an excellent series featuring Bess Crawford." -- Contra Costa Times "Bess' seventh case. . . does its strong, determined heroine credit." -- Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition

SynopsisA horrific explosion at a gunpowder mill sends Bess Crawford to war-torn France to keep a deadly pattern of lies from leading to more deaths, in this compelling and atmospheric mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Question of Honor and An Unwilling Accomplice. An explosion and fire at the Ashton Gunpowder Mill in Kent has killed over a hundred men. It s called an appalling tragedy until suspicion and rumor raise the specter of murder. While visiting the Ashton family, Bess Crawford finds herself caught up in a venomous show of hostility that doesn t stop with Philip Ashton s arrest. Indeed, someone is out for blood, and the household is all but under siege. The only known witness to the tragedy is now at the Front in France. Bess is asked to find him. When she does, he refuses to tell her anything that will help the Ashtons. Realizing that he believes the tissue of lies that has nearly destroyed a family, Bess must convince him to tell her what really happened that terrible Sunday morning. But now someone else is also searching for this man. To end the vicious persecution of the Ashtons, Bess must risk her own life to protect her reluctant witness from a clever killer intent on preventing either of them from ever reaching England. ", In 1916, at the height of the war, an explosion at Ashton Powder Mill, an armament factory in Kent, killed more than a hundred men. Two years later, the tragic event that was originally ruled an accident by the Army is under investigation for murder, and all fingers point to the factory's owner, Philip Ashton. When Bess Crawford, a friend of the Ashton family, comes to visit, she finds herself swept up in the vicious legal proceedings. It soon becomes clear to Bess that someone is out for the Ashtons' blood and is intent on concealing the true nature of the events that lead to the tragic explosion. Bess finds herself on a harrowing journey to the front lines of battle in France to find the only known witness of the explosion and uncover the truth. In the face of grave danger, Bess must rely on wits and courage to save her own life, as well as that of an innocent man., A horrific explosion at a gunpowder mill sends Bess Crawford to war-torn France to keep a deadly pattern of lies from leading to more deaths, in this compelling and atmospheric mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Question of Honor and An Unwilling Accomplice. An explosion and fire at the Ashton Gunpowder Mill in Kent has killed over a hundred men. It's called an appalling tragedy--until suspicion and rumor raise the specter of murder. While visiting the Ashton family, Bess Crawford finds herself caught up in a venomous show of hostility that doesn't stop with Philip Ashton's arrest. Indeed, someone is out for blood, and the household is all but under siege. The only known witness to the tragedy is now at the Front in France. Bess is asked to find him. When she does, he refuses to tell her anything that will help the Ashtons. Realizing that he believes the tissue of lies that has nearly destroyed a family, Bess must convince him to tell her what really happened that terrible Sunday morning. But now someone else is also searching for this man. To end the vicious persecution of the Ashtons, Bess must risk her own life to protect her reluctant witness from a clever killer intent on preventing either of them from ever reaching England.

LC Classification NumberPS3570.O37P38 2015

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