When a priest is brutally murdered after giving a dying man last rites, Scotland Yard\'s Inspector Ian Rutledge, a former officer still recovering from the Great War, thinks it\'s a simple case. --Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.
Todd\'s portrait of Rutledge and postwar England remains powerful. -- The Denver Post Outstanding.
The pair is unique among sleuths. . . .
Charles Todd has swiftly become one of the most respected writers in the mystery genre. . . -- The Washington Post Book World With his tortured detective Ian Rutledge and the ghost who inhabits his mind .
In the grand tradition of English murder mysteries. . .
Praise for Watchers of Time One of the best historical series being written today . and prevent a killer who\'ll stop at nothing from striking again. . .
Who is the mysterious woman who may have boarded that ship--and who is the secretive woman who survived it? Only Rutledge can answer those questions .
Rutledge pares away layers of deception to piece together a chain of events that stretches from the brooding marshes to one of the greatest sea disasters in history--the sinking of the Titanic.
Yet the Inspector finds himself uncovering secrets that the local authorities would prefer not to see explored.
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. . . . (August) If anyone can turn a simple village mystery into a brooding Greek tragedy, it\'s Charles Todd.
However, Rutledge uncovers secrets the local authorities would prefer not to see explored and pieces together a chain of events that stretches from the marshes of Norfolk to the sinking of the Titanic.
When a priest is brutally murdered after giving a dying man last rites, Scotland Yard\'s Inspector Ian Rutledge, a former officer still recovering from the Great War, thinks it\'s a simple case
