A Question of Honor audiobook

In A Question of Honor, we start the story in India, 1908, where Bess as a child learns that Lieutenant Wade, a man in her father's regime has killed both his parents in India and three people in England, but he disappears before they catch him. And, he is presumed dead after a while when no traces of him are found. A decade later Bess learns from a dying man in France that Lieutenant Wade could be still alive...The previous book, An Unmarked Grave, was the first book in this series that I didn't find as excellent as the rest so I was hopeful that the next one would be better. And it was. The story in this book is more interesting and I found it hard to put the book down.The book is really intriguing to read. Bess is trying to find out if Lieutenant Wade still alive, and if he is what is he doing fighting in the front and was he really guilty of the crimes in India and England? Bess and Simon Brandon (he works for her father) are working together trying to find out the truth without involving Bess father, Colonel Crawford because the killing is still a stain on the Colonels regiment's reputation and Bess doesn't want to involve her father if it turns out that Wade isn't alive. So, she travels to the village where the killing of a family took place and tries to find out more about the murdered family and the connection to Lieutenant Wade. But, that's not that easy, some people there are even quite hostile towards her. But, Bess won't give up.What I love about this book is that it's like a puzzle, you have to be patient, piece after piece is revealed during the progress of the story until the truth is revealed in the end. I also loved that my favorite Aussie, Sergeant Larimore made a cameo, although I wish he had a bigger part in the book. But still I love every mention of him in the books, like this one where she met him in France as she tends to wounded soldiers: I was always happy to see this cheeky Australian. He had helped me once when I needed help desperately and I was fond of him. Dangerous to care about anyone in wartime, but still… Looks like Bess is quite fond of Larimore as well! I must admit that I hope they will end up together. I just love every scene with them together.I recommend this series to anyone that likes to read historical mysteries, especially books that take place during WW1. I enjoy these books very much and every book can be read as a stand-alone.Read this review and others on A Bookaholic Swede

I think this may be my favorite Bess Crawford book so far. :)

A Question of Honor is a Bess Crawford mystery set 1908 during World War I. Bess is a nurse serving during the war in France and has seen terribly wounded men and tries to keep up with patents coming in while war rages just behind the lines. Bess had been raised in India where her father was posted as an officer and Bess's mother refused to let him go alone. She insisted the family stay together. This sets up a contrast with a family widely scattered. Bess was on leave in London when she saw a small shop that had old pictures in the window. She went in and bought some items that had been donated to charity. One was a silver frame with a picture inside, another was a baby's rattle also appearing to be silver, and an old doll. Simon his her friend and plays an important role as an instigator who tries to solve a question about a soldier who goes missing from the Colonel's ranks. He was suspected of killing his mother, father, and brother in a shooting incident. So. there is a desperation to catch the killer. And it is thought to be a man named Wade. Much of the story is taken up with the wounds being treated and the ambulances traveling to pick up the injured and taking them along rutted roads where tanks had churned up the roads. Bess becomes obsessed with the question of what had happened to a good man who had supposedly left his posted position and run away. Wonderful descriptions of London are given while Bess is on leave. Her parents support her and her mother and Bess make trips to visit friends in the area. On one such trip, they discover a house for sale that is surrounded by beautiful flowers and walk around the property where they are accosted by an angry man who thinks they are trying to see the house where the son had killed his family. Now, Bess is determined to find out what happened to the officer Wade who had apparently in the same house. The owners had enjoyed wealth, but the father had played the stock market and lost their money. They take in homeless children to make money and horrible crimes are committed to the helpless children. When Simon and Bess discover what has taken place, they talk to the woman who was hired to take care of them. And, now, the hunt is on to discover what had happened to those children and if the man Wade had been one of them. The book is 500 pages and some of it is repetitive. But, I enjoyed reading about India, the war, and trying to solve the mystery.

I enjoyed this book - Bess Crawford is, as always, a pleasure. I found some of the coincidences completely unbelievable, however; while Bess is serving in hospitals near French battlefields, somehow people connected to the incidents in question in England continue to appear in Bess's orbit. I see how the author was using these narrative devices to push the plot along, but I found it rather jarring. (I'd stop to ask myself: what's the probability of her running into him HERE?) Nonetheless, I adore Bess Crawford and deliberately decided to ignore it - suspension of disbelief! On the whole, recommended.

A completely engrossing read. The story starts in India, where a young Bess Crawford is home with her parents when she hears the news of a young girls death. The little lass had been sent to England for schooling and died of typhoid. The devastated mother goes back to Britain, wanting to comfort her eldest daughter (also at the same home for schooling). Since there are constant skirmishes at this moment on the subcontinent and the father can't leave, the lady is accompanied by another soldier, a Lt. Wade everyone holds in high regard.The grieving mum stays in England but Wade returns to India. Within weeks it is learned that he killed three people while in England and then murdered his parents while visiting them at another point in India. Before he can be brought to justice he escapes into a dangerous portion of the country.Ten years later Bess is at a field hospital when an Indian soldier tells her he has spotted Lt. Wade. She is unable to farther question him since he quickly expires from his wounds. With the war on Bess sets the issue aside and continues with her nursing duties until she is called out to help a man in a trench, where she sees a glimpse of Lt. Wade for herself. Sent home on leave shortly thereafter Bess begins to look into the background of her hero turned killer and opens a horrible hornets nest of surprises.Excellent history and an intriguing mystery make this one of the best Crawford mysteries to date. While I was a bit disappointed with the ending (a touch far fetched) I had enjoyed the book enough that by the time I got there I didn't care. Fans of the series won't be disappointed by this latest episode.

There's a lot to like about this book: an old house with a dark secret in its past, a look at British Colonial India, and of course the World War I setting. I've read every book in this series, and while I've enjoyed them, there's something that keeps them out of five-star territory for me, something I could never quite put my finger on. Never, that is, until I read the back matter at the end of the book. In it, the author(s) talk about how they enjoyed being able to visit Bess's childhood, and explore a different aspect of a character they've come to know so well. That was the "aha!" moment for me. For in spite of having read all the books, I don't really feel I "know" Bess at all. She seems curiously detached from her war experiences, seemingly unmoved by them even as she describes them to the reader in detail. And while I wait for some hint of a romance to develop between Bess and Simon, she doesn't give the reader any hint as to her feelings toward him, either. Those hoping for their relationship to deepen in this book will be disappointed. I enjoyed the book's somewhat gothic mystery, as well as a vivid glimpse of a world quickly fading from living memory, but I do wish I could connect on a more personal level with its undeniably resourceful heroine.

A good strong mystery that spans from Victorian England to India and comes to roost in the trenches of France as Britain battles Germany in World War I. Charles Todd know how to invoke the times, the drama and the tension of war and fighting to save the lives of those who are wounded. Added to the mix: a decade-old series of murders and the reappearance of a man presumed dead. Fighting exhaustion and suspicion in equal measure, Bess Crawford follows a long-dead trail to finally figure out the truth. This is a book to savor, enjoy ... and not put down.

Much better than the last couple novels in the series.

Good, I'm about ready for that war to be over

A Question of Honor is book five of the Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd. In 1908 while Bess Crawford's family was living in India, five people were murdered, and the killer escaped. However, during WWW1, Bess found out that the killer is still alive. Bess Crawford decided to take her annual leave to find the killer. The readers of A Question of Honor will continue to follow Bess to find out what happens.A Question of Honor is an enjoyable historical book to read. A Question of Honor engaged me from the start, and I enjoyed the way historical facts intertwined throughout this book. I love Charles Todd's portrayal of his characters and the way they intertwine with each other throughout this book. A Question of Honor is well written and researched by Charles Todd. I like Charles Todd's description of the settings of A Question of Honor that allow me to go back in time. The readers of A Question of Honor will learn about how the English military families lived in India before WWW1. Also, the readers of A Question of Honor will learn about the importance of honour in an army regiment.I recommend this book.