A Casualty of War

A Casualty of War is another masterful work in this series, and I cannot recommend it enough. -- Bookreporter.com Todd's meticulous research... illustrates the toll the war has taken on the battle-weary military as well as the nurses and doctors, the sacrifices of the residents, [and] the citizens' valiant struggle to maintain a sense of normalcy. . . . . A vivid and personal look at WWI. -- SouthFlorida.com Intensely personal, as all great stories should be. -- Anne Perry, Internationally Bestselling Author Harsh period attitudes toward traumatic stress and the exhaustion of a long war add poignancy to Todd's satisfying puzzle of identity and inheritance. -- <em>Publishers Weekly</em> A Casualty of War is [Charles] Todd's strongest war book... -- Washington Times [Readers] will love the heroine for her courage and determination. -- Kirkus Reviews The latest Crawford mystery is rich in character and period detail, with a solidly constructed story that should keep readers immersed in the action. -- Booklist As always in this immensely satisfying series, Todd heightens the mystery by setting it within a war-shattered world of battered villages, barren farms and broken people. -- Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review on THE SHATTERED TREE Praise for The Shattered Tree: Admirable, courageous and occasionally reckless, Bess ranks among the best of fictional amateur sleuths. [Todd] again creates a thought-provoking novel that evokes the terrors and suspicions of war. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch A superb whodunit-just when you think you have it figured out, Todd throws a curve-and a moving evocation of a world at war. -- <em>Richmond Times-Dispatch</em>