An excellent new mystery, and one hopes, the first of a series, raves The Chicago Tribune about this New York Times Notable Book.
A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place...it all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural..
Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family.
This Edgar(R) and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction\'s most compelling series protagonists. --Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. --Peter Lovesey, author of The Circle You\'re going to love Todd.
With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel. --New York Times Book Review An intricately plotted mystery.
Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation....
A meticulously wrought puzzle.
Martin\'s Press.
A Publishers Weekly Best Book selection.
It is a case that strikes dangerously close to home--one that will Test Rutledge\'s precarious grip on his own sanity.
When Rutledge is assigned to investigate a murder involving the military, his emotional war wounds flare.
In 1919, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge remains haunted by World War I, where he was forced to have a soldier executed for refusing to fight.
An excellent new mystery, and one hopes, the first of a series, raves The Chicago Tribune about this New York Times Notable Book
