Ian Rutledge Series – Book 6 November 1919 – In 1912 Ian Rutledge watched as a man was condemned to hang for the murders of elderly women. Rutledge helped gather the evidence that sent Ben Shaw to the gallows. And when justice was done, Rutledge closed the door on the case. But Shaw was not easily […]
Ian Rutledge Series – Book 5 October 1919 – In Osterley, a marshy Norfolk backwater, a man lies dying on a rainy autumn night. While natural causes will surely claim Herbert Baker’s life in a matter of hours, his last request baffles his family and friends. Baker, a devout Anglican, inexplicably demands to see the town’s […]
Ian Rutledge Series – Book 4 September 1919 – Just as Rutledge thinks he has come to terms—of a sort—with the voice that haunts him, he’s sent to northern England to find the missing daughter of a woman who once slept with a king. Little does he know that his search will take him to […]
Ian Rutledge Series – Book 3 The introspective hero of wings of Fire and A Test of Wills (Edgar Award nominee) return in a provocative new mystery. Inspector Ian Rutledge, haunted by memories of World War I and the harrowing presence of Hamish, a dead soldier, is “a superb characterization of a man whose wounds […]
Ian Rutledge Series – Book 2 July 1919 – Inspector Ian Rutledge is quickly sent to investigate the sudden deaths of three members of the same eminent Cornwall family, but the World War I veteran soon realizes that nothing about this case is routine. Including the identity of one of the dead, a reclusive spinster […]
Ian Rutledge Series – Book 1 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. This Edgar® and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime […]
Bess Crawford Series – Book 1 November 1916 – Dedicated to helping the many wounded during the Great War, Bess Crawford receives a desperate request from a dying lieutenant while serving as a nurse aboard a hospital ship. “Tell my brother Jonathan that I lied,” the young man says. “I did it for Mother’s sake. But […]
Ian Rutledge Series – Book 17 A prequel to the first book Test of Wills, offering a glimpse of Rutledge pre-World War I and giving us the opportunity for flashback taking place between June & December 1914 New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd takes readers on a trip to Ian Rutledge’s past, with the story […]
