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" Another exciting detective mystery in the series of Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard. The novel takes place in England after WWI which has not yet recovered from the war. Part of the interest in this, and the other novels, is that Ian is treading upon a society that has been shredded from the horrific results of the war on English society and economic impact of an emerging mercantile class. The E..

" I enjoyed this novel, as I do all of Charles Todd's books about Inspector Ian Rutledge. The Rutledge novels are well-written, are replete with minutely researched post-Great War period details, and delineate a type of character - the psychologically wounded war veteran trying to adjust - not seen often in literature these days. All these things are to the good, and Todd has marked out an almos..

" I loved reading this sixth book in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series. Originally released in hardcover in 2002, the wonderful thing about these novels is that they don't become dated with the passing of time because they are set in a past far distant from our own. In November 1919 Rutledge has been back working at Scotland Yard for some months. The Great War ended on Armistice Day, November 11..

" In Charles Todd's "A Cold Treachery," Inspector Ian Rutledge of London's Scotland Yard is dispatched to the cold and snowy north country of England, where sheep outnumber people and the rocks on the mountain slopes outnumber the sheep. Sheep farming is the principal occupation around the small Village of Urskdale, which is situated next to a lake with the equally hard-sounding name of Urskwate..

" I picked this book out of my constantly growing to-be-read stack without checking where it falls within the series. As soon as I began to read I had to go look it up because I discovered that Inspector Rutledge is recuperating from a gunshot wound. Not a very usual circumstance to find when reading period English mysteries. This is the fifth book in the series so now, of course, I must read th..

" Further investigations in the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries. This time Inspector Rutledge finds himself in the last place he would want to be given his background and particular situation. Just after the Great War (1919) of which Rutledge and his, uh err co-inhabiter Hamish, find himself in a murder case that will take him to the heart of the Scotland (Duncarrick) where he meets up with his..

2024년 제18회 황금펜상으로 무경의 〈낭패불감, 이러지도 저러지도 못하고〉가 선정되었다. 군사독재의 서슬이 퍼렇던 시절, 취조 형사와 피의자 사이에 악마가 끼어들어 타락한 영혼을 거두기 위해 호시탐탐 기회를 노리고 있다. 마침내 악마의 속삭임에 굴복한 인간들은 선택의 갈림길에서 자신들의 삶을 영원히 뒤바꿀 결정을 내린다. 이 소설은 ‘악마와의 만남’이라는 미스터리와는 어울릴 것 같지 않은 오컬트적 요소를 효과적으로 활용해, 한국전쟁과 이산가족, 유신시대라는 굵직한 현대사의 비극을 한 개인의 죄의식과 자기 정체성의 발견으로 탁월하게 형상화한다.우수작으로는 홍선주의 〈회귀〉, 장우석의 〈고양이 탐정 주관식의 분투〉, 박건우의 〈환상통〉. 정해연의 〈원해〉, 김범석의 〈깊은 산속 풀빌라의 기괴한 살인〉 5..

" Charles Todd's Inspector Rutledge books never cease to amaze me with their complex, demanding plots. The different strands of this novel unfold with a canny inevitability - but still manage a surprising - and credible - finish. 'Search The Dark' not only provides a suspenseful mystery but also a masterful insight into a society damaged and broken by the fall-out from a terrible war. The intell..