Inspector Ian Rutledge #3

Search the Dark

charles todd

The introspective hero of Wings of Fire and A Test of Wills (Edgar Award nominee) returns in Search the Dark, a provocative new mystery by Charles Todd. 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 have made him a stranger in his own land." (The New York Times Book Review)

A dead woman and two missing children bring Inspector Rutledge to the lovely Dorset town of Singleton Magna, where the truth lies buried with the dead. A tormented veteran whose family died in an enemy bombing is the chief suspect. Dubious, Rutledge presses on to find the real killer. And when another body is found in the rich Dorset earth, his quest reaches into the secret lives of villagers and Londoners whose privileged positions and private passions give them every reason to thwart him. Someone is protecting a murderer. And two children are out there, somewhere, in the dark....

Genres mysteryhistorical fictionfictionhistorical mysteryhistoricalbritish literaturecrimeaudiobookmystery thrillerdetective

310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1,1999

Series

Inspector Ian Rutledge

Places

dorset england,

This edition

Format: 310 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: May 15, 2000 by St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312971281
ASIN: 0312971281
Language: 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....