Legacy of the Dead

charles todd

The weathered remains found on a Scottish mountainside may be those of Eleanor Gray, but the imperious Lady Maude Gray, Eleanor's mother, will have to be handled delicately. This is not the only ground that Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard must tread carefully, for the case will soon lead him to Scotland, where many of Rutledge's ghosts rest uneasily. But it is an unexpected encounter that will hold the most peril.
For in Scotland Rutledge will find that the young mother accused of killing Eleanor Gray is a woman to whom he owes a terrible debt. And his harrowing journey to find the truth will lead him back through the fires of his past, into secrets that still have the power to kill.

Genres mysteryhistorical fictionfictionhistorical mysteryhistoricalcrimebritish literaturescotlandmystery thrillerdetective

356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 29,2000

Series

Inspector Ian Rutledge

Literary awards

anthony award,

Places

scotland,

This edition

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: June 1, 2001 by Bantam Books
ISBN: 9780553583151
ASIN: 0553583158
Language: English

Characters More characters

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....
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...
Eleanor Gray

Full name: Lady Eleanor Victoria Maude Gray. Daughter of Lady Maude Gray. Eleanor wanted to train as a doctor, but her mother refused. So she left home in Menton in 1916 and disappeared....
Maude Gray

Mother of Eleanor Gray...
Fiona Macdonald

Fiona MacDonald

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Inspector Oliver

Police inspector in Duncarrick, Scotland, who is overly eager to solve current murder because he failed to solve murder of 5 women in 1912....