A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd - 2015

New York: William Morrow, 2015. BC4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has remainder mark on the bottom, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloratio and shelf wear. A Bess Crawford Mystery. Bess Craford must keep a deadly pattern of lies from destroying an innocent family in this compelling and atmospheric mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Question of Honor and An Unwilling Accomplice. 9.5"x6.5", 325 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Charles Todd is a pen name used by the American authors Caroline and Charles Todd. This mother-and-son writing team lives in the eastern United States, in North Carolina and Delaware respectively. The authors are best known for a series of novels, set in post World War I England. The books deal with the cases of Inspector Ian Rutledge, a veteran of the European campaigns who is attempting to pick up the pieces of his Scotland Yard career. However, he must keep his greatest burden a secret: suffering from shell shock, he lives with the constant, cynical, taunting voice of Hamish MacLeod, a young Scots soldier he was forced to execute on the battlefield for refusing an order. They are also the authors of a series about Bess Crawford, a nurse serving in France during World War I. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.