Cold Comfort: A Novella (Inspector Ian Rutledge) by Charles Todd

" The premise of this book is both scary and possible in today's society. This alone makes it a riveting read. The main character is pretty well drawn but some of the supporting characters pop in and out so quickly that it is hard to say whether or not they are as well done as they could be. The ending was rather abrupt and not as well thought out as I would have liked. It was almost as though the authors got to a certain page count and decided to end the story. It could have been better if there had been an epilogue or something to wrap up the loose ends....." " I rarely read short stories or novellas - they're over too quickly and just too compressed! However, I read all the Ian Rutledge series, which is very well written, and wait impatiently for the next book to be released, so I read Cold Comfort while waiting for the next full-sized book to come out. I was pleasantly surprised to meet for the first time the living Hamish McLeod and recommend this novella and the entire series to any discerning reader who enjoys reading a whopping good mystery with well developed characters in a historical setting....."

임팩트가 있는 단편소설이다. 주인공이 전쟁에서 겪은 사건을 다루고 있는 작품이다. 독일군과의 긴박한 대치 상황과 특정 인물에 대한 계속되는 살인시도 등이 독자들의 관심을 끌기에 충분하다. 특히 단편이라 이야기의 흐름이 빠르고 불필요한 이야기의 전개가 없어서 읽는 즐거움이 있는 작품이다. 다만 표현들에 있어서 어려운 부분들이 있고 너무 짧다는 점이 단점이다.