Inspector Ian Rutledge A Cold Treachery, Book 7, (Paperback)

from ChristopherSwann

Another excellent Ian Rutledge mystery. Like Martin Cruz Smith, Charles Todd uses the mystery genre as a vehicle to explore his very human characters and to write excellent prose. Mysteries make up the plots--including twists and turns, some unexpected--but the core of these books lies in the tor...

from dougwood57

`A Cold Treachery' (2005) is Charles Todd's seventh Ian Rutledge mystery novel, but the first for this reviewer. Rutledge is a Scotland Yard detective who is haunted by his service in the bloody trenches of the Great War. Rutledge hears voices - more precisely he hears one voice that of Hamish Ma...

from jamespurcell

Horrific murders in the winter bound fells country provide Bowles with another opportunity to discredit Rutledge. A missing boy adds to the urgency of solving the crime. The"why" of the crime is difficult to discern in this remote sheep tending part of England. His usual patient questioning and c...

from DeaconBernie

This is an outstanding mystery that stays hidden until very near the end. The clues for the reader are sparse and, in places, one almost becomes exasperated that a solution will be found. The murder event in this book is among the worst I've ever read. The description of the characters is quite d...

from ScottKalas

Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge is by far the most entertaining of any mystery series I'm reading. The character development is top notch. The stories are captive to the final page