“Well. There’s always a next time.” I just knew there was a particular reason the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery series was so widely recommended and I was determined to get to the final page and find out the possible answer to the popularity of these mysteries. I’m so glad I did just that and finally sat down with A Test of Wills: The First Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries) because it turned out to be a historically fascinating read that had quite a few very convincing atmospheric descriptions of a brutally changed world, artfully dropped clues throughout the chapters and surprising in-depth psychological character examinations all along with a seemingly simplistic central murder mystery that somehow cleverly blended themes and everything mentioned together so perfectly. I can’t help but say, this is an elegantly arranged story that deserves the attention and literary genre accolades it has been given over the years and shouldn’t be missed. Perhaps with this novel, the only negative I can provide is there was an absent feeling of an true ending, conclusions had to be drawn and pulled from the reader’s imagination but in a clever way evidence and speculations were left in points of dialogue and by the last telling remark you have a pretty good idea what happens after Inspector Ian Rutledge leaves the scene. He may have left the scene but I am very eager to follow him to the next book and have an overall confident feeling about this vintage styled series. -purchased and read on nook Books in this series: Cold Comfort (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #0.5) by Charles Todd A Guid Solider (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #0.6) by Charles Todd *A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1) by Charles Todd Wings of Fire (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #2) by Charles Todd Search the Dark (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #3) by Charles Todd Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #4) by Charles Todd Watchers of Time (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #5) by Charles Todd A Fearsome Doubt (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #6) by Charles Todd A Cold Treachery (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #7) by Charles Todd A Long Shadow (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #8) by Charles Todd A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9) by Charles Todd A Pale Horse (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #10) by Charles Todd A Matter of Justice (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #11) by Charles Todd The Red Door (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #12) by Charles Todd The Kidnapping (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #12.5) by Charles Todd A Lonely Death (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #13) by Charles Todd The Confession (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #14) by Charles Todd Proof of Guilt (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #15) by Charles Todd Hunting Shadows (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #16) by Charles Todd Cold Comfort (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #16.5) by Charles Todd A Fine Summer’s Day (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #17) by Charles Todd No Shred of Evidence (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #18) by Charles Todd Racing the Devil (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #19) by Charles Todd The Piper (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #19.5) by Charles Todd The Gatekeeper (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #20) by Charles Todd -EGP/May 2016 Comments are closed.
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