Name: A Test of Wills - Charles Todd
Brand: Charles Todd
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An excellent new mystery, and one hopes, the first of a series, raves The Chicago Tribune about this New York Times Notable Book. 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. When Rutledge is assigned to investigate a murder involving the military, his emotional war wounds flare. It is a case that strikes dangerously close to home--one that will test Rutledge's precarious grip on his own sanity. A Publishers Weekly Best Book selection. Martin's Press. n nTodd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation....A meticulously wrought puzzle. n--New York Times Book Reviewn nAn intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel. n--Peter Lovesey, author of The Circlen nYou're going to love Todd. n--Stephen King, Entertainment Weeklyn nThe 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. 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. 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 decora