"I have heard horrid gossip about a young woman in Duncarrick." Historic pastoral landscapes can hold so much beauty and new ventures but also so many buried secrets and doubt as Inspector Ian Rutledge will soon discover in his fourth return to readers vivid and racing imaginations. Sent to investigate the disappearance of a wayward heiress and any possible connection to a body found in the remote mountains of Scotland, Rutledge travels through mists and painful memories as he tries to solve a crime and regain order of his life after The Great War that has left its mark. It's another race against the clock as the Inspector must confront ugly rumours and try to wrestle some type of sanity from his personal demons that stay in the forefront of his mind and even stay at his shoulder in the form of the shade of Corporal Hamish MacLeod who is none to silent on his own front and acts as Rutledge's conscience but also his worst critic. It's usually all in a day (or an extended weekend's) work for our favourite charming Inspector who knows how to ask the right questions but what if those same inquiries are ones that can lead an innocent to the gallows or end with a marksman's crosshairs ready and centred. Well, that certainly changes things, doesn't it? For this reader, there is no finer continued story when I need a post-WWI fictional escape than this series and Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #4) ranks high within my favourites of this collection of mysteries. I may be only on the fourth installment but I can't wait to sit down with the rest and follow the Inspector's travels. The duo writing team of mother and son that pen these mysteries excel at painting locations and yes I have a map saved and ready to be travelled when I finally get to go to the UK. The small towns and villages that actually exist are ones I would dearly love to see and perhaps while I'm there I could sit a spell at the bed and breakfasts and fantasize what happens in these cliffhanger tales as just like in the rest of the books, Legacy of the Dead abruptly ends at the height of the drama that has been building for chapters (some things are answered but there are still pesky strands that remain). In a way that doesn't bother me (the looping slow beginning was more frustrating) but I can see where that may annoy new readers. Still, this was one for my shelves and if you have been looking for a series you would hate to see brought to the small screen (because you know they will just muck it up and pour frustrating modern expectations all over these clever books) then take some time and get acquainted with or form your own opinion on Inspector Ian Rutledge. You may find he just strides into your thoughts and comfortably stays there for days after the final page. I don't know about you but that's all I could ask for. -purchased and read on kindle 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/February 2018 Comments are closed.
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