A test of wills
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries volume 1.
Series:
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels ; volume 1.
Published:
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st edition.
Physical Desc:
282 pages ; 21 cm.
Status:
Description
In 1914, Ian Rutledge left a brilliant career at Scotland Yard to fight in the Great War. Now, in 1919, he is back, burdened with a heavy secret: he is still suffering from shell shock. With him almost constantly is the cynical, taunting voice of the young Scots soldier he was forced to have executed on the battlefield for refusing to fight.
In a desperate gamble to salvage his sanity, Rutledge takes up his duties at Scotland Yard. But a colleague, jealous of Rutledge's prewar successes, has learned his secret and maneuvers to have him assigned to a case that promises to spell disaster no matter what the outcome. In a Warwickshire village, a popular retired military officer has been murdered, and the chief suspect is, unhappily for the Inspector, a much-decorated war hero and a friend of the Prince of Wales.
Rutledge, fighting his malady and the tormentor in his head (who is the personification of his own doubts and guilt), doggedly goes about his investigation. He digs into the lives of the villagers: the victim's ward, a young woman now engaged to the chief suspect; a local artist shunned because of her love for a German prisoner; the reclusive cousins whose cottage adjoins the dead man's estate. But the witness who might be able to tell him the most is a war-ravaged ex-soldier who chills Rutledge with the realization that if he loses control of himself, he could become this man.
In a desperate gamble to salvage his sanity, Rutledge takes up his duties at Scotland Yard. But a colleague, jealous of Rutledge's prewar successes, has learned his secret and maneuvers to have him assigned to a case that promises to spell disaster no matter what the outcome. In a Warwickshire village, a popular retired military officer has been murdered, and the chief suspect is, unhappily for the Inspector, a much-decorated war hero and a friend of the Prince of Wales.
Rutledge, fighting his malady and the tormentor in his head (who is the personification of his own doubts and guilt), doggedly goes about his investigation. He digs into the lives of the villagers: the victim's ward, a young woman now engaged to the chief suspect; a local artist shunned because of her love for a German prisoner; the reclusive cousins whose cottage adjoins the dead man's estate. But the witness who might be able to tell him the most is a war-ravaged ex-soldier who chills Rutledge with the realization that if he loses control of himself, he could become this man.
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Eagle River Adult Mystery
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Mar 9, 2018
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TOD
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Nov 22, 2022
Superior Adult Fiction
FICTION Todd, Charles
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0312144318, 9780312144319
Notes
General Note
"A Thomas Dunne book."
Description
Inspector Ian Rutledge left a brilliant career in Britain's Scotland Yard to fight World War I. Now back home, his first case is the murder of a retired army colonel. Unhappily for Rutledge, the chief suspect is a decorated war hero and a friend of the prince of Wales. A first novel.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Todd, C. (1996). A test of wills. 1st edition. New York, NY, St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Todd, Charles. 1996. A Test of Wills. New York, NY, St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Todd, Charles, A Test of Wills. New York, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1996.
MLA Citation (style guide)Todd, Charles. A Test of Wills. 1st edition. New York, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1996.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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