Order of Bess Crawford Books
The Bess Crawford series is a collection of mystery novels crafted by the American writing duo Caroline and Charles Todd, who publish together under the pen name Charles Todd. The protagonist, Bess Crawford, is a British nurse serving on the battlefields of France during the First World War.
The series launched in 2009 with the debut novel A Duty to the Dead, and Charles Todd has maintained an impressive annual publishing schedule, releasing one new installment each year since the series began. Here you'll find Charles Todd's Bess Crawford novels listed in their original publication sequence:
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  A Duty to the Dead | 2009 | |
| 2 | The Girl on the Beach | 2010 | |
| 3 |  An Impartial Witness | 2010 | |
| 4 |  A Bitter Truth | 2011 | |
| 5 |  An Unmarked Grave | 2012 | |
| 6 |  A Question of Honor | 2013 | |
| 7 |  An Unwilling Accomplice | 2014 | |
| 8 |  The Maharani's Pearls | 2014 | |
| 9 |  A Pattern of Lies | 2015 | |
| 10 |  The Shattered Tree | 2016 | |
| 11 |  A Casualty of War | 2017 | |
| 12 |  A Forgotten Place | 2018 | |
| 13 |  A Cruel Deception | 2019 | |
| 14 |  A Hanging at Dawn | 2020 | |
| 15 |  An Irish Hostage | 2021 | |
| 16 |  The Cliff's Edge | 2023 |