The Red Door: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery – A Haunting British Crime Novel About a Shell-Shocked WWI Detective - Softcover

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Todd, Charles

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9780061945632: The Red Door: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery – A Haunting British Crime Novel About a Shell-Shocked WWI Detective

Synopsis

“One of the best historical series being written today.”

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The accolades keep pouring in for Charles Todd and his New York Times Notable, EdgarŽ Award-nominated series featuring British police inspector and shell-shocked World War I veteran Ian Rutledge. In The Red Door, a disturbing puzzle surrounding a lie, a disappearance, and a woman’s death ensnares the haunted investigator. Richly atmospheric and unputdownable, The Red Door proves once more that New York Times bestseller Charles Todd belongs in the august company of Ruth Rendell, Anne Perry, Martha Grimes, Ian Ransom, Peter Robinson, P.D. James, and the other contemporary masters of British mystery.

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About the Author

Charles Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawford mysteries, and two stand-alone novels. A mother-and-son writing team, Caroline passed away in August 2021 and Charles lives in Florida.

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Lancashire, England-June, 1920

Who was the woman who lived and died behind the red door? What did she see before she died? And who was the man who never came home from the Great War, for the simple reason that he had never gone to war? How is the woman′s death linked to his disappearance? And why is Scotland Yard blind to the connection, even when Inspector Ian Rutledge points it out?

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