The Cliff's Edge
A Novel

Once again Bess Crawford finds herself in an isolated, hostile environment among strangers, called upon to nurse a man recovering from an accident. Was his companion's death accidental or murder? For me, this formula has gotten very thin and the unresolved romance with Simon has dragged on too long.......more

I'm a huge fan of Charles Todd's Bess Crawford series, so was thrilled to receive this ARC from William Morrow. It's Bess' 13th adventure and we find her back home in England after years as a nurse on the WWI battlefront. Reading it was bittersweet, as it is the last novel the mother-son team of Charl......more

2.5/3 stars I was really disappointed ☹️ in this book. I really wanted to like it and I tried so hard and stuck with it saying " It's gotta get better! It has so much potential to be a great book!" Well,it only got worse. It had way too many characters to keep track of and more were being introduced......more

Let me start by saying I adore Bess Crawford. I actually like her series a little more than the Ian Rutledge books. Now…the bottom line. Mysteries tend to, for good or ill, become series. But every good thing must come to an end, or else languish in mediocrity. I wanted to like this book. I really,......more

I've always enjoyed this series, but this one had too many characters who were impossible to like or pity. It also ended with a serious loose end. Very disappointing.......more