Book description
Charles Todd’s critically acclaimed novels featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge have been hailed by The Washington Post Book World as “one of the best historical series being written today.” The New York Times Book Review calls Todd’s mysteries “meticulously wrought...harrowing psychological drama.” Now he stakes out new territory in…
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I wanted to try a Charles Todd book but wasn't ready to tackle one of the series that the author writes. So I decided to try this book. It surprised me so much that I ended up actually checking out the book from the library so I could read it faster than the audio version.
There were twists and turns in every chapter that would lead the reader to a conclusion and then to the ultimate conclusion, which was a surprise, and not what I was expecting! It convinced me that I needed to read more books by this author…
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