Inspector Ian Rutledge #9
A False Mirror
Hampton Regis, a small harbor town on the southern coast of England, is a most unlikely place for violence. Yet, one early spring morning in 1920, a man is found on the strand so severely beaten that he slips in and out of consciousness. The prime suspect? His wife's jilted lover, who served with Rutledge in the recently ended Great War—but who left the Front under a cloud. Badly wounded, yes, but did someone also cover up cowardice?
Rutledge is called on to prove the innocence of a man he dislikes and distrusts. But the deadly triangle also stirs up memories of the woman Rutledge himself loved and lost when he went to France to fight. His doubts about the accused and himself only deepen when the victim of the beating mysteriously disappears, with no body to be found.
As the brilliant yet tormented detective discovers that he's not the only person seeing a reflection of tumultuous emotions in this case, he must confront the demons that threaten to overwhelm him and search out the truth. For in Hampton Regis hides a vicious killer who intends to let nothing—and no one—stand in the way.
371 pages, Hardcover
First published January 9,2007
This edition
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371 pages, Hardcover
- Published
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January 9, 2007 by William Morrow
- ISBN
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9780060786731
- ASIN
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0060786736
- Language
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English
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Ian Rutledge
Scotland Yard Inspector before and after World War I. British Army Lieutenant then Captain in France from 1914-1918. Lives in London before and after WW1....
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Cs Bowles
Chief Superintendent at Scotland Yard in London. Born a commoner, he is jealous of Rutledge for his educated background. His protégé is Inspector Mickelson. Bowles suffers a heart attack in The Confession and is replaced by CS Markham...
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Ci Phipps
In charge of the Scotland Yard London garotter operation....
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Stephen Mallory.
Tall, “English fair” and handsome, served in the War with Rutledge. Shipped home after a second Injury due to the intervention of his uncle the bishop. Never wanted to leave his men but branded a coward ever since. Ended up training raw recruits in Englan...
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Mathew Hamilton
Retired from the Foreign Office and moved to Hampton Regis one year ago with his young bride Felicity (20 years his junior). Was posted in Germany, Turkey, Crete, Cypress, and most recently, Malta. Amateur archaeologist and collector of ancient artifacts....
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Felicity Hamilton
Beautiful young woman who was engaged to Stephen Mallory before the war but didnt want to wait, and married Mathew Hamilton, 20 years her senior....
