Inspector Rutledge left a brilliant career in Scotland Yard to fight in the Great War. It is now 1919, shell shocked and trying to salvage his sanity and fight off the colleagues jealous of his prewar successes he is drawn into the investigation of the murdered Colonel Harris, in a small Warwickshire village. A debut novel.
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Inspector Rutledge left a brilliant career in Scotland Yard to fight in the Great War. It is now 1919, shell shocked and trying to salvage his sanity and fight off the colleagues jealous of his prewar successes he is drawn into the investigation of the murdered Colonel Harris, in a small Warwickshire village. A debut novel.
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Add this copy of A Test of Wills to cart. $149.73, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1997 by Headline.
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Add this copy of A Test of Wills to cart. $46.95, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Headline.
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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.
Post WWI and the effects on Insp. Rutledge as he tries to reestablish himself in society. War really never leaves the psyche of an individual. Nice plot, fast paced, keeps you guessing, well written. This is first time reading anything from these authors and hope to read many more.
