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Test of Wills by Charles Todd (2006, Mass Market)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061242845
ISBN-139780061242847
eBay Product ID (ePID)127372345
Product Key Features
Book TitleTest of Wills
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Historical, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Publication Year2006
GenreFiction
AuthorCharles Todd
Book SeriesInspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries Ser.
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight5.6 Oz
Item Length6.8 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingA
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Synopsis"Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation....A meticulously wrought puzzle." --New York Times Book Review "An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel." --Peter Lovesey, author of The Circle "You're going to love Todd." --Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar(R) and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction's most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place...it all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural., "Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation….A meticulously wrought puzzle." -New York Times Book Review "An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel." -Peter Lovesey, author of The Circle "You're going to love Todd." -Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar® and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction's most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place…it all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural., Mystery Large Print Edition A newcomer returns us to the essential pleasures of the well-crafted puzzle in this debut., "Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation....A meticulously wrought puzzle." --New York Times Book Review "An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel." --Peter Lovesey, author of The Circle "You're going to love Todd." --Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar® and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction's most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place...it all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural., "An excellent new mystery, and one hopes, the first of a series", raves "The Chicago Tribune" about this "New York Times" Notable Book. In 1919, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge remains haunted by World War I, where he was forced to have a soldier executed for refusing to fight. When Rutledge is assigned to investigate a murder involving the military, his emotional war wounds flare. It is a case that strikes dangerously close to home--one that will test Rutledge's precarious grip on his own sanity. A "Publishers Weekly" Best Book selection. Martin's Press.
LC Classification NumberPS3570.O37
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