Story &ものがたり& die Geschichte

" It would be hard to overpraise this book. The story is intricately woven, sinister and moving at turns, imbued with a deep sense of what it must have been like to be a survivor of the 'bloody shambles' of The Great War. The author's sense of place - in this case, a small coastal Cornish town - is impeccable. I felt I was there. The fine plot contains poetic enigmas, melodrama, nasty family sec..

" 断崖に建つ世俗から離れた館で1929年に惨劇が起きた。ホープ家の夫妻と娘たち二人のうち一人が殺され、一人生き残った１７歳の娘レノーラは口もきけず左手指が動くだけの車椅子生活で以降５４年間を過ごしている。世間では残ったレノーラが殺人犯だと言われて、そのため誰も館に近づかない。ミセス・ベーカーという７０歳すぎの怖い家政婦がすべてを取り仕切り、女中、料理人、庭師の毎日だった。突然住み込みの看護師メアリがなんの前触れもなく私物一切を残したまま姿を消し平穏が破られた。急遽送り込まれたのがベテラン看護師キット・マクディーアだが、彼女は訳ありの人物ながら初日から館で蠢くおどろおどろしい音や振動に怯える。レノーラを介護するうちにキットは５４年前の事件の真相を探り始めた。犯人はレノーラではないと思い始めるとこんどは知りすぎた自分の身が危ない！　オカルトめいた仕立てで複雑な人間関係を持ち出しておいてび..

Set during Inspector Rutledge's time in the Great War, Charles Todd's short story introduces a born killer. It's World War I, and young Glaswegian Dougal Kerr is a new recruit in the British army. Dougal has no family and no past, but his easygoing demeanor belies his cheerless upbringing. There's only one thing that gives Ian Rutledge pause: Dougal is very good at killing, and he doesn't seem t..

" Another great tale about World War I and what should have been a celebration of survival becoming a test of endurance and for nearly one veteran, nearly a death and surely a maiming that had nothing to do with fighting for king and country. In this tale from the master mother and son writing team, Insp. Ian Rutledge is called out to investigate the death of a vicar who was either forced off th..

Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge returns shell shocked from the trenches of World War I, tormented by the memory of Hamish MacLeod, the young Scots soldier he executed on the battlefield. Now, Charles Todd features Hamish himself in this compelling, stand-alone short story.Before the Great War, Hamish farms in the Highlands, living in a small croft on the hillside and caring for a flock of s..

HE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLDFor fans of magical realism and the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi comes this cozy fantasy debut.What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which would you buy? And who might you become when you wake up?In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store that sells dreams. Day and..

" This is a wonderful place for new readers to the Inspector Rutledge series to begin their journey with Ian and the not-so-often present Hamish. The Charles Todd writing team did a thorough job of allowing new readers to understand the background for Rutledge, his service in World War I, his ex-fiancé Jean Gordon, and the specter of Hamish McLeod which haunts Ian day and night. I was glad to se..

" As a huge fan of the Ian Rutledge series, I enjoyed this seventeenth edition which provides a glimpse into Ian's world before the start of World War I. With multiple murders in the book, the characters are many, numbering over twenty primary with additional secondary characters. Their stories are varied but similar with the pace leaning to the slow side. But one of the reasons I like this seri..