Charles ToddVezi magazinul LibrisWhen a priest is brutally murdered after giving a dying man last rites, Scotland Yard's Inspector Ian Rutledge, a former officer still recovering from the Great War, thinks it's a simple case.
However, Rutledge uncovers secrets the local authorities would prefer not to see explored and pieces together a chain of events that stretches from the marshes of Norfolk to the sinking of the Titanic.
(August) If anyone can turn a simple village mystery into a brooding Greek tragedy, it's Charles Todd.
Todd handles grave issues with great compassion -- The New York Times Book Review In a marshy Norfolk backwater, a priest is brutally murdered after giving a dying man last rites.
For Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge, an ex-officer still recovering from the trauma of war, it looks to be a simple case.
Yet the Inspector finds himself uncovering secrets that the local authorities would prefer not to see explored.
Rutledge pares away layers of deception to piece together a chain of events that stretches from the brooding marshes to one of the greatest sea disasters in history--the sinking of the Titanic.
Who is the mysterious woman who may have boarded that ship--and who is the secretive woman who survived it? Only Rutledge can answer those questions .
and prevent a killer who'll stop at nothing from striking again.
Praise for Watchers of Time One of the best historical series being written today .
In the grand tradition of English murder mysteries.
-- The Washington Post Book World With his tortured detective Ian Rutledge and the ghost who inhabits his mind .
Charles Todd has swiftly become one of the most respected writers in the mystery genre.
The pair is unique among sleuths.
-- The Denver Post Outstanding.
Todd's portrait of Rutledge and postwar England remains powerful.
--Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.
