A Casualty of War

A Casualty of War is a haunting tale that explores the impact of World War I on soldiers, doctors, nurses, and officers. Bess Crawford, a battlefield nurse, meets Captain Alan Travis, who believes his cousin shot him. When it appears that James Travis couldn’t have shot him, the Captain’s sanity is questioned. Bess travels to James Travis’s home in Suffolk, uncovering a baffling relationship between the two cousins. Her search will bring her face to face with the visible and invisible wounds of war that not even the much-longed for peace can heal.