A Test of Wills - Hardcover

Todd, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312144318 ISBN 13: 9780312144319

Publisher: St. Martins Press, 1996

Synopsis

Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge returns home suffering from shellshock and the emotional strains of World War I, but he soon goes back to work and must solve a murder case involving the killing of a retired military officer, a crime in which the main suspect is a highly decorated war hero

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Review:

Having just returned from France after World War I with a medal of honor and serious shell shock, Inspector Ian Rutledge struggles to settle back into his duties at Scotland Yard. When, despite his tenuous condition, an envious supervisor assigns him to a traumatic case involving the murder of an army colonel and a young captain as the prime suspect, Rutledge must gather all of his strength to not only solve the case, but fight the town people's prejudice against military personnel. To make matters worse, the prime witness is another veteran--on the brink of insanity--scorned by the villagers for what they perceive to have been less than honorable conduct during his tour of duty.

From the Publisher:

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book.

"A harrowing psychological drama...Superb."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Remarkable."
--Chicago Tribune

"Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation and a world he never knew....A meticulously wrought puzzle."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Remarkable...Todd, an American, seems to have perfect pitch in his ability to capture the tenor and nuances of English country life."
--The Kansas City Star

"Unusual...finely crafted...psychologically sophisticated, tautly written and craftily plotted."
--San Jose Mercury News

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martins Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0312144318
• ISBN 13: 9780312144319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282