A Game of Fear: A Novel
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In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.
Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex, where amongst the salt flats and a military airfield lies Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past. The lady of the house may prove his most bewildering witness yet. She claims she saw a violent murder—but there is no body, no blood. She also insists she recognized the killer: Captain Nelson. Only it could not have been Nelson because he died during the war.
Everyone in the village believes that Lady Benton's losses have turned her mind—she is, after all, a grieving widow and mother—but the woman Rutledge interviews is rational and self-possessed. And then there is Captain Nelson: what really happened to him in the war? The more Rutledge delves into this baffling case, the more suspicious tragedies he uncovers. The Abbey and the airfield hold their secrets tightly. Until Rutledge arrives, and a new trail of death follows...
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Charles Todd. (2022). A Game of Fear: A Novel. HarperCollins.
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USA Today Bestseller
In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.
Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex, where amongst the salt flats and a military airfield lies Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past. The lady of the house may prove his most bewildering witness yet. She claims she saw a violent murder—but there is no body, no blood. She also insists she recognized the killer: Captain Nelson. Only it could not have been Nelson because he died during the war.
Everyone in the village believes that Lady Benton's losses have turned her mind—she is, after all, a grieving widow and mother—but the woman Rutledge interviews is rational and self-possessed. And then there is Captain Nelson: what really happened to him in the war? The more Rutledge delves into this baffling case, the more suspicious tragedies he uncovers. The Abbey and the airfield hold their secrets tightly. Until Rutledge arrives, and a new trail of death follows...
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"Excellent...Todd has rarely been better at creating a creepy atmosphere to enhance [a] nuanced exploration of human darkness. Rutledge remains one of today's most fully rounded mystery leads." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A Game of Fear continues the high standards readers have come to expect from Todd. It is a testament to both authors' considerable talents, and a wonderful tribute to the late Caroline Todd." — South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"[A Game of Fear] continues the adventures of one of the more complicated and unique protagonists in a series you will ever find, which makes for a rich blend of history and intrigue." — Book Reporter
"A superior example of crime fiction, a haunting exploration of war and its legacies and a sterling reaffirmation of its authors' humanity, A Game of Fear offers escapist pleasures—including a breathless climax—while simultaneously eliciting thought on intellectual and moral issues." — Fredericksburg Freelance-Star
"The novel is written with a gentle familiarity, drawing the reader in to a detailed portrayal of characters with their own needs and personal history in habiting a world that recent literature has brought into focus for the 21st century reader. Recommended." — Historical Novel Society
"Each of Charles Todd's engrossing novels about Scotland Yard Insp. Ian Rutledge, set post-World War I, puts a spotlight on often forgotten details about the Great War. It's this minutia that illustrate the war's effect on the characters and the region . . . Charles Todd are experts at subtly drawing parallels to 21st century concerns. The Great War ended more than a century ago but Ian's personal issues and his investigations are relevant today." — Florida Sun Sentinel on A Fatal Lie
"A Fatal Lie provides an excellent book with which to walk into Rutledge's pursuit of crime and determination to make things right . . . Those who value similar portrayals of place as character—as in Louise Penny's Three Pines, for instance—will treasure A Fatal Lie and its Welsh backdrop. As a police procedural, also, the book's persistent untangling of motive, means, and opportunity provides an instant classic for this mystery genre, along with an intriguing exploration of the heart's effects on the mind." — New York Journal of Books
"Fans of the series will want Todd's latest historical mystery." — Library Journal on A Fatal Lie
"[A] very captivating and page-turning mystery." — Fresh Fiction on A Fatal Lie
"This is the type of classic-style mystery that we have grown to love from Charles Todd, and it never fails to deliver." — BookReporter.com on A Fatal Lie
"This is a series, written by a mother-and-son team under the Charles Todd pseudonym, that shows no signs of slowing down. As always, this one combines crisp plotting with stylish prose. Ideal for historical-mystery devotees." — Booklist on A Divided Loyalty
"Todd once and for all establishes the shell-shocked Rutledge as the genre's most complex and fascinating detective." — Entertainment Weekly
"It is an intense ride to take . . . but one that is well worth it." — Book Reporter on A Divided Loyalty
"Ian's resilience and his complex persona continue to make him an endearing character. And Todd, the mother-and-son writing team of Caroline and Charles Todd, continue their superior storytelling." —...
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September 1, 2021
It's 1921, and Scotland Yard again hands Inspector Ian Rutledge bizarrely challenging cases, but nothing quite like his latest: the woman presiding over a stately manor called Benton Abbey in sea salt-drenched Essex claims to have seen a brutal murder committed by Captain Nelson. There is no body, Nelson supposedly died during the Great War, yet Lady Benton seems perfectly calm and reasonable when interviewed. What's going on? With a 100,000-copy first printing.
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Starred review from December 6, 2021
In bestseller Todd’s excellent 24th Ian Rutledge whodunit (after 2021’s A Fatal Lie), the psychologically damaged Scotland Yard inspector, who’s haunted by the ghost of a subordinate whom he was forced to execute for disobeying futile orders during WWI, has another specter to deal with in 1921. Lady Benton, an Essex noblewoman, has reported seeing one man murder another—but she identified the killer as a dead man, Captain Nelson, and the supposed corpse was never found. There’s little doubt that Lady Benton was mistaken at best, as Nelson, who was stationed at the airfield built on her property during the war, was seen years earlier dying in a car crash, though whether the death was an accident or suicide is uncertain. Rutledge, who believes she did see something disturbing, probes both past and present to get at the truth. Todd (the mother-son team of Caroline and Charles Todd) has rarely been better at creating a creepy atmosphere to enhance their nuanced exploration of human darkness. Rutledge remains one of today’s most fully rounded mystery leads. Agent: Lisa Gallagher, DeFiore & Co.
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The twenty-fourth Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery is set in the spring of 1921. A resident of a small village in England swears she witnessed a murder, and she swears she knows who the killer is. But here's the thing: the man she accuses of murder has been dead for several years. Oh, and nobody can seem to find the alleged murder victim. Is the witness simply out of touch with reality? Or, as Rutledge begins increasingly to suspect, is the truth about Captain Nelson, a dead man accused of murder, even stranger than anyone could have imagined? Charles Todd is a pseudonym for the mother-and-son writing team of Caroline and David Watjen. The duo wrote two very successful series, the Rutledge mysteries and the Bess Crawford mysteries, before Caroline's death in August 2021 (the last Crawford novel written by the duo is scheduled to appear in 2022). Their ability to make a century-old time and place feel as real as today is beautifully showcased in the latest Rutledge novel, and series fans should not miss it.COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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USA Today Bestseller
In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.
Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex, where amongst the salt flats and a military airfield lies Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past. The lady of the house may prove his most bewildering witness yet. She claims she saw a violent murder—but there is no body, no blood. She also insists she recognized the killer: Captain Nelson. Only it could not have been Nelson because he died during the war.
Everyone in the village believes that Lady Benton's losses have turned her mind—she is, after all, a grieving widow and mother—but the woman Rutledge interviews is rational and self-possessed. And then...
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