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A test of wills, the first Inspector Rutledge mystery, Charles Todd

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A test of wills, the first Inspector Rutledge mystery, Charles Todd

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A test of wills

Oclc number

714086558

Responsibility statement

Charles Todd

Series statement

Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries

Sub title

the first Inspector Rutledge mystery

Summary

In 1919 Ian Rutledge returns to his career at Scotland Yard after fighting in the war, still suffering from shell shock. His next case, with a war-ravaged ex-soldier as the witness, could spell disaster for him"It's 1919, and the 'War to End All Wars' has been won. But there is no peace for Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France shell-shocked and tormented by the ever-present voice of the young Scot he had executed for refusing an order. Escaping into his work to save his sanity, Rutledge investigates the murder of a popular colonel in Warwickshire and his alleged killer, a decorated war hero and close friend of the Prince of Wales. The case is a political minefield, and its resolution could mean the end of Rutledge's career. Win or lose, the cost may be more than the damaged investigator can bear. For the one witness who can break the case open is, like Rutledge, a war-ravaged victim ... and his grim, shattered fate could well prove to be the haunted investigator's own."--Page 4 of cover

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