(Charles Todd is the pseudonym of a mother-son writing team)
Review #93
An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery set in post-World War I England, June 1920.
In a house with a red door lies the body of a woman who has been bludgeoned to death. Rumor has it that two years earlier she'd painted that door to welcome her husband back from the Front. Only he never came home. Meanwhile, in London, Walter Teller, a man suffering from a mysterious illness first goes missing and then just as suddenly reappears. Apparently, he is unable to explain where he has been or how he has suddenly recovered from his illness. His family, supposedly searching for him, give conflicting accounts of where they were and why.
The murdered woman’s village friends say she was married to army officer Peter Teller, presumed dead. Is it just a coincidence that one of Walter's brothers is named Peter, who happens to be very much alive, living in London, and married to another woman?
Inspector Ian Rutledge, drawn into both cases and facing a wall of silence, must solve two mysteries before he can bring a ruthless killer to justice.
Loved it!
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