Watchers of Time
An Inspector Ian Rutledge Novel
$22.71
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2002
Summary
“If anyone can turn a simple village mystery into a brooding Greek tragedy, it’s Charles Todd… . Todd handles grave issues with great compassion”-The New York Times Book ReviewIn a marshy Norfolk backwater, a priest is brutallymurdered after giving a dying man last rites.For Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge, an ex-officer still recovering from the trauma of war, it looks to be asimple case. Yet the Inspector finds himself uncovering secrets that the local authorities would prefer not to see explo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553583168 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553583166 |
| Author: | Charles Todd |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2002 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 169mm x 106mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Inspector Ian Rutledge |
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Critics Review
“If anyone can turn a simple village mystery into a brooding Greek tragedy, it’s Charles Todd… . Todd handles grave issues with great compassion”—The New York Times Book Review
“One of the best historical series being written today … In the grand tradition of English murder mysteries.”—The Washington Post Book World
“With his tortured detective Ian Rutledge and the ghost who inhabits his mind … Charles Todd has swiftly become one of the most respected writers in the mystery genre… . The pair is unique among sleuths.”—The Denver Post
“Outstanding. Todd’s portrait of Rutledge and postwar England remains powerful.”—Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
About The Author
Charles Todd
Charles Todd is the author of Legacy of the Dead, A Test of Wills, Wings of Fire, and Search the Dark. He lives on the East Coast, where he is at work on the next novel in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series, A Fearsome Doubt.
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