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A Long Shadow

An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

Charles Todd author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Published:15th Nov '11

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New Year's Eve, 1919. Called away from dinner at the home of friends, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge finds a brass cartridge casing on the steps outside. While it looks identical to the countless others he'd seen during the war, this one has a mysterious engraving. Curious, he pockets it. But soon, he finds another-in a most unexpected place. The inspector knows the shells are for him-markers that point to unfinished business involving the terrible war he cannot leave behind. A survivor with a dark secret, Rutledge walks on the edge of sanity, filled with the abiding fear that someone will discover the guilt, the horror, the shock he carries deep within. And now someone is hunting him. But who? And will Rutledge live long enough to find out why?

"Excels at intricate relationships among characters...Another winning story." -- Library Journal "Riveting historical mystery." -- Romantic Times "Incisive as ever." -- Kirkus Reviews "A daunting portrait of a town that keeps its thoughts, its troubles and most of all its secrets to itself." -- New York Times Book Review "[A] remarkable series...Keeps readers on the edge right up to the stunning end." -- Detroit Free Press "Atmosphere aplenty." -- Charlotte Observer "Evocative." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

ISBN: 9780061208515

Dimensions: 203mm x 135mm x 21mm

Weight: 315g

368 pages