Watchers of Time by Charles Todd - ISBN: 9780553583168
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Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard arrives in the Norfolk port of Osterley to investigate the murder of the local Catholic priest, who had attended the deathbed of Herbert Baker, a Protestant who had demanded to see a Catholic priest as he lay dying.

Watchers of Time

An Inspector Ian Rutledge Novel

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2002

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Summary

“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 ReviewIn a marshy Norfolk backwater, a priest is brutallymurdered 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 asimple case. Yet the Inspector finds himself uncovering secrets that the local authorities would prefer not to see explo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780553583168
ISBN-10:0553583166
Author:Charles Todd
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:15 July 2002
Weight:244g
Dimensions:169mm x 106mm x 25mm
Series:Inspector Ian Rutledge
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“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

“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

About The Author

Charles Todd

Charles Todd is the author of Legacy of the Dead, A Test of Wills, Wings of Fire, and Search the Dark. He lives on the East Coast, where he is at work on the next novel in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series, A Fearsome Doubt.

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