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First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly scuffed, and edges are a little creased. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned. Pages are otherwise clear, binding is sound and boards are clean. LW
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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.
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"A harrowing psychological drama...Superb."
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"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
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly scuffed, and edges are a little creased. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned. Pages are otherwise clear, binding is sound and boards are clean. LW. Used. Seller Inventory # 546278
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Headline Book Publishing, London, UK. 1997. 282 pgs. First UK Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first book in the Ian Rutledge series. Edgar nominee for Best First Novel. 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. ; 142 X 222 X 26 millimeters; 214 pages. Seller Inventory # 69823
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