You are going to like Todd.”

-Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyThe critically acclaimed creator from the Inspector Ian Rutledge and battlefield nurse Bess Crawford mystery series, Charles Todd now gives readers a bittersweet love tale and passionate mystery that unfolds at Christmas during the harmful opening times of World War I. The Walnut Tree is an unforgettable story of a female who puts herself in the type of fire for the sake of wounded soldiers and falls fond of a man who may be forbidden to her. For anyone who has dropped under the spell of Downton Abbey, and for all your fans of the British-set mysteries of Elizabeth George, Anne Perry, Ruth Rendell, Martha Grimes, and Jacqueline Winspear, The Walnut Tree is essential reading.