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Endeavoring to help a female in distress, World Conflict I nurse and accidental sleuth Bess Crawford discovers that no good deed will go unpunished. When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Xmas leave, she detects a bruised and shivering girl huddled in the doorway of her London property. The woman has nowhere to turn, and propelled by a firm sense of obligation, Bess takes her in. Once inside Bess' chiseled, the woman discloses that a quarrel with her spouse erupted into violence, yet she desires to return home - if Bess goes with her to Sussex. Knowing that the girl is experiencing a concussion, Bess gives up a few valuable times of leave to travel with her. But she soon discovers that this is an excellent deed with unforeseeable implications. What Bess detects at Vixen Hill is a residence of mourning. The woman's family has obtained for a memorial service for the elder child, who passed on of warfare wounds. Her spouse, home on compassionate leave, is tense, tormented by jealousy and his own guilty conscience. Then, when a troubled houseguest is available lifeless, Bess herself becomes a best suspect in the case. This murder will lead her to a dangerous goal in war-torn France, an unexpected ally, and a startling revelation that sets her in jeopardy before a vicious killer can be open.
