Author: Charles Todd

An Unmarked Grave

Bess Crawford Series – Book 4 World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford matches wits with a devious killer in this exciting and suspenseful adventure from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd. Spring 1918 – The Spanish flu epidemic spreads, killing millions of soldiers and civilians across the globe. Overwhelmed by the […]

A Bitter Truth

Bess Crawford Series – Book 3 While attempting to help a woman in distress, World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford learns a bitter truth, that no good deed goes unpunished. December 1917 – Returning home to her London flat from the front lines in France for a well-earned Christmas leave, Bess Crawford comes upon a bruised […]

A Fatal Lie

Ian Rutledge Series – Book 23 In one of his most puzzling cases, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge must delve deep into a dead man’s life and his past to find a killer determined to keep dark secrets buried. A peaceful Welsh village is thrown into turmoil when a terrified boy stumbles on a body […]

A Divided Loyalty

Ian Rutledge Series – Book 22 Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge is assigned one of the most baffling investigations of his career – a cold murder case with an unidentified victim and a cold trail with few clues to follow. Chief Inspector Brian Leslie, a respected colleague of Ian Rutledge’s, is sent to Avebury, a […]

The Black Ascot

Ian Rutledge Mystery Series – Book 21 Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in this next installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series. An astonishing tip from a grateful ex-convict seems implausible—but Inspector Ian Rutledge is intrigued and brings it to his superior at Scotland […]

The Gate Keeper

Ian Rutledge Series – Book 20 In this twentieth installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series by Charles Todd, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge encounters a frightened woman standing over a body, launching an inquiry that leads him into the lair of a stealthy killer and the dangerous recesses of his own memories. December […]

Racing the Devil

Ian Rutledge Series – Book 19 Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth installment of the acclaimed bestselling series. November 1920 – On the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme, a group of […]

No Shred of Evidence

Ian Rutledge Series – Book 18 In this absorbing new entry in the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge is caught up in a twisted web of vengeance and murder. Early Autumn, 1920 – In Cornwall, four young women take out a rowing boat on a fine autumn afternoon—but before the […]

Hunting Shadows

Ian Rutledge Series – Book 16 August 1920 – A society wedding at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire becomes a crime scene when a guest is shot. After a fruitless search for clues, the local police call in Scotland Yard, but not before there is another shooting in a village close by. This second murder has […]