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A test of wills [large print] / Charles Todd.

Todd, Charles, (author.).

Summary:

"A newcomer returns us to the essential pleasures of the well-crafted puzzle in this debut. starred, Publishers WeeklyIn 1914, Ian Rutledge left a brilliant career at Scotland Yard to fight in the Great War. Now, in 1919, hes back but hes burdened by a heavy secret: hes suffering tremendously from shell shock. With him almost constantly is the taunting voice of a young Scots soldier he was forced to have executed on the battlefield for refusing to fight. As Rutledge struggles to unravel the clues in a murder case involving a retired military officer, he also grapples with the tormentor in his head. A Test of Wills is an extraordinary novel that combines psychological suspense with vivid atmosphere and a tantalizing mystery." -- Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780783820231
  • ISBN: 0783820232
  • Physical Description: 383 pages (large print).
  • Edition: Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : G.K. Hall, 1997.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > England > Fiction.
Police > England > Warwickshire > Fiction.
Rutledge, Ian (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police.
Genre:
Large print books.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.

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