Watchers of time: an inspector ian rutledge novel - charles todd

When a priest is brutally murdered after giving a dying man last rites, Scotland Yards Inspector Ian Rutledge, a former officer still recovering from the Great War, thinks its 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, its 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 Yards 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 wholl 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.

Todds portrait of Rutledge and postwar England remains powerful.

--Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.