Charles Todd
Proof of Guilt
The fifteenth Inspector Rutledge mystery will not disappoint Todd fans and should encourage new readers. The plot, set between 1916…
The Walnut Tree
A light, romantic story, The Walnut Tree takes place at the outbreak of World War I. Lady Elspeth Douglas leads…
An Unmarked Grave
In 1918, nurse Bess Crawford sees a murdered soldier amid the piles of the dead who have succumbed to influenza…
The Confession
Inspector Ian Rutledge, veteran of the Great War and Scotland Yard inspector, returns in his 13th outing, faced with an…
A Bitter Truth
World War I nurse Bess Crawford returns in her third mystery. As in previous outings, Bess’s kind nature and sense…
An Impartial Witness
World War I nurse Bess Crawford returns in her second outing in this new series by Charles Todd, pseudonym for…
A Duty to the Dead
Editors' choice
Todd (the pseudonym for a mother-son writing team) departs from the Inspector Ian Rutledge series in this engrossing mystery featuring…
A Matter of Justice
When a mystery series gets into the double digits, I grow concerned that the plot and character development become rote,…
A Pale Horse
Tenth in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series, A Pale Horse finds Rutledge searching for a missing man in Berkshire,…
A Long Shadow
Eighth in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series, this installment finds the Scotland Yard inspector (and veteran of the Great War)…
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