"If anyone can turn a simple village mystery into a brooding Greek tragedy, it\'s Charles Todd.
Yet the Inspector finds himself uncovering secrets that the l.
For Scotland Yard\'s Ian Rutledge, an ex-officer still recovering from the trauma of war, it looks to be a simple case.
Todd handles grave issues with great compassion" -- The New York Times Book Review In a marshy Norfolk backwater, a priest is brutally murdered after giving a dying man last rites. . . . "If anyone can turn a simple village mystery into a brooding Greek tragedy, it\'s Charles Todd