A Pale Horse: A Novel of Suspense (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries, 10) by Charles Todd

" A man who is of interest to the British War Office has disappeared. He is a chemist whose work during World War I was so secret that the War Office withholds information about what he did or even his real name. But they want someone to go and try to find what has happened to him. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge. It's not the first time his superiors have sent him on what appears to be a "mission impossible" since he returned to his job just over a year ago after having suffered shell shock during the war and being hospitalized after it. In spite of the demons that haunt him and the constant presence in his head of Hamish, the Scottish soldier whom he executed at the front for failure to obey orders, Rutledge is a very good investigator and in spite of the ill will of his supervisor, Superintendent Bowles, he's been able to solve every case that has been assigned to him. This one, though, begins to look like it may be unsolvable....."

'확증편향'적 수사가 무고한 사람들을 얼마나 힘들게 할 수 있는지 잘 보여주는 이야기와 가족 간의 갈등의 깊이를 잘 보여주는 이야기가 중심 줄거리다. 비밀, 자살, 독가스, 도망, 감시, 질투, 유기, 악마의식, 군대, 연쇄살인, 자매, 산모, 복수 등이 작품을 이해하는데 중요한 단어들인 거 같다. 전작들에 등장한 단어들이나 표현등이 많이 등장하기 때문에 읽는데 도움이 되었다.