A Hanging at Dawn

“Bess is among the most compassionate and intelligent characters.”–The Sun-SentinelFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the BessCrawford mystery series, a short story that unravels dark secrets from her closefriend Simon Brandon’s past.Years before the Great War summoned Bess Crawford to serve as abattlefield nurse, the indomitable heroine spent her childhood in India underthe watchful eye of her friend and confidant, the young soldier Simon Brandon. Thetwo formed an inseparable bond on the dangerous Northwest Frontier where her father’sRegiment held the Khyber Pass against all intruders. It was Simon who taught Bessto ride and shoot, escorted her to the bazaars and the Maharani’s Palace, anddid his best to keep her out of trouble, after the Crawford family took aninterest in the tall, angry boy with a mysterious past. But the Crawfords have long guarded secrets for Simon and heowes them a debt that runs deeper than Bess could ever know. Told through theeyes of Melinda, Richard, Clarissa, and Bess, A Hanging at Dawn piecestogether a mystery at the center of Bess’s family that will irrevocably changethe course of her future.