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Cette série de romans policiers transporte les lecteurs en Angleterre en 1919, une époque d'après-guerre marquée par le traumatisme et les secrets. Le récit suit un inspecteur aux prises avec les effets persistants de la Première Guerre mondiale et le fardeau psychologique qu'il porte du front. Chaque affaire qu'il enquête n'est pas seulement un puzzle à résoudre, mais aussi un voyage vers la rédemption personnelle et la confrontation avec ses démons intérieurs. Ces mystères captivants s'entremêlent à la profonde profondeur psychologique du protagoniste.

A Lonely Death
A Divided Loyalty
Proof of Guilt
Watchers of Time
Search the Dark
The Red Door

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  1. 1

    A Test of Wills

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    3,9(14627)Évaluer

    “Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation….A meticulously wrought puzzle.” —New York Times Book Review “An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel.” —Peter Lovesey, author of The Circle “You’re going to love Todd.” —Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar® and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction’s most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place…it all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural.

    A Test of Wills
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    Wings of Fire

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    4,0(6826)Évaluer

    In "Wings of Fire" by Charles Todd, Inspector Ian Rutledge investigates the mysterious deaths of three family members in Cornwall. The case becomes personal when he discovers one victim is O. A. Manning, a poet whose work helped him during WWI. Guided by the voice of a fallen comrade, Rutledge seeks the dark truths hidden in a family crypt.

    Wings of Fire
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    Search the Dark

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,0(5315)Évaluer

    When a young woman is brutally murdered in a sleepy village in Dorset, it appears to have been a crime of passion and her killer is immediately arrested. But it is the identity of the victim, not the murderer, that brings Inspector Ian Rutledge down from Scotland Yard to investigate. For if the woman was indeed the killer's wife, then where are their children? As a search gets under way, it becomes clear that the victim was someone else altogether. And still traumatised by his experiences in the Great War, Rutledge must sort through a tangled web of deception and twisted allegiances in order to discover which one of the emotionally scarred villagers is responsible for her death.

    Search the Dark
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    Legacy of the Dead

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture
    4,1(5384)Évaluer

    The weathered remains found on a Scottish mountainside may be those of Eleanor Gray, but the imperious Lady Maude Gray, Eleanor's mother, will have to be handled delicately. This is not the only ground that Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard must tread carefully, for the case will soon lead him to Scotland, where many of Rutledge's ghosts rest uneasily. But it is an unexpected encounter that will hold the most peril.For in Scotland Rutledge will find that the young mother accused of killing Eleanor Gray is a woman to whom he owes a terrible debt. And his harrowing journey to find the truth will lead him back through the fires of his past, into secrets that still have the power to kill.

    Legacy of the Dead
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    Watchers of Time

    4,0(5102)Évaluer

    In a marshy Norfolk village, a priest's murder leads Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge to uncover dark secrets linked to the Titanic disaster. As Rutledge, haunted by war, delves deeper, he must confront a killer determined to silence him. Charles Todd masterfully blends mystery with historical elements in this gripping tale.

    Watchers of Time
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    A Cold Treachery

    4,1(4067)Évaluer

    Inspector Rutledge investigates a brutal murder of the Elcott family in a remote farmhouse, where only a boy named Josh has survived but is now missing. Amidst a fierce blizzard, Rutledge races against time to find him before the killer or nature claim another victim. A gripping historical mystery filled with psychological depth.

    A Cold Treachery
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    A Long Shadow

    • 368pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    3,9(76)Évaluer

    It's New Year's Eve, 1919. Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge has accompanied his sister to the home of mutual friends for dinner but gets a call from the office and has to leave. On the steps outside, he sees a brass cartridge casing, like countless others he's seen during the war. But this one has an engraving in the metal. Curious, he pockets it. Soon after, Rutledge is on the southern coast of England helping the local police capture a murderer. Work done, on a whim he drives along the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic and takes a walk out on the headland. Returning to his car, he finds another engraved cartridge casing on the driver's seat. He's been followed. The cartridge casing seems to point to the war and unfinished business there. To stay alive in the face of an unknown and unseen adversary, Rutledge is pressed to the limits of his skills. He's the prey. But who is the hunter?

    A Long Shadow
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    A False Mirror

    4,2(45)Évaluer

    A love triangle turned deadly sends Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge to Hampton Regis, a small harbor town on the southern coast of England simmering with secrets. Accused of attacking a former lover's husband, an old trenchmate has taken the woman and her injured husband hostage. Proclaiming his innocence, he begs Rutledge to clear his name.

    A False Mirror
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    A Pale Horse

    • 360pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,0(137)Évaluer

    The Great War never relinquished its hold on Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, leaving him haunted and isolated, unable to forget. In the spring of 1920, he's dispatched to Berkshire to find a missing man whose war work is so secret even Rutledge cannot know its true nature. Meanwhile, miles away, an unidentified body has been discovered in the ruins of a Yorkshire abbey, clothed in a monk's robe and wearing a gas mask. In the shadow of a great white horse cut into the chalk hillside—where cottages once built to house the sick and untouchable now shelter outcasts like himself—Rutledge must extract a terrible truth from those who hide from the past. For death is never quite finished with anyone, least of all the men who fought in the bloody trenches of France.

    A Pale Horse
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    A Matter of Justice: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

    • 513pages
    • 18 heures de lecture
    4,3(92)Évaluer

    Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge discovers that the victim was universally despised in Cambury--even the victim's wife and the town's police inspector are suspect. And yet in London circles, the man was highly regarded. What triggered his death? Rutledge doggedly follows a well-concealed trail that finally leads him to the one person who knows the whole truth. But it's too late to stop a spreading evil and a vicious settling of scores. As the seasoned inspector comes to understand the larger picture, he realizes he may not be able to prove what he suspects. In spite of his skill, this may be the only case in which Rutledge fails to get his man.

    A Matter of Justice: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
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    The Red Door

    4,1(99)Évaluer

    In June 1920, Lancashire, a mysterious woman behind a red door raises questions about her life and death. The story explores the fate of a man missing since the Great War and the overlooked connections by Scotland Yard, despite Inspector Ian Rutledge's insights.

    The Red Door
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    A Lonely Death

    4,1(64)Évaluer

    Three men have been murdered in a Sussex village, and Scotland Yard detective inspector Ian Rutledge has been called in. It's a baffling case. Shortly after Inspector Ian Rutledge arrives, a fourth soldier is found dead. With few clues to go on and the pressure building, Rutledge must gamble everything to find answers.

    A Lonely Death
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    The Confession

    • 368pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,3(75)Évaluer

    Claiming he needs to clear his conscience, a dying man walks into Scotland Yard and confesses that he killed his cousin years ago during the war. When Inspector Ian Rutledge presses for details, the man dodges the questions, revealing only that he hails from the north of London in Essex.

    The Confession
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    Proof of Guilt

    • 368pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,2(63)Évaluer

    An unidentified body appears to have been run down by a motorcar and Ian Rutledge is leading the investigation to uncover what happened. While signs point to murder, vital questions remain. Who is the victim? And where, exactly, was he killed?

    Proof of Guilt
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    Hunting Shadows

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,1(56)Évaluer

    A dangerous case with ties leading back to the battlefields of World War I dredges up dark memories for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge in Hunting Shadows, a gripping and atmospheric historical mystery set in 1920s England, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd. A society wedding at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire becomes a crime scene when a man is murdered. After another body is found, the baffled local constabulary turns to Scotland Yard. Though the second crime had a witness, her description of the killer is so strange its unbelievable. Despite his experience, Inspector Ian Rutledge has few answers of his own. The victims are so different that there is no rhyme or reason to their deaths. Nothing logically seems to connect them—except the killer. As the investigation widens, a clear suspect emerges. But for Rutledge, the facts still don’t add up, leaving him to question his own judgment. In going over the details of the case, Rutledge is reminded of a dark episode he witnessed in the war. While the memory could lead him to the truth, it also raises a prickly dilemma. To stop a murderer, will the ethical detective choose to follow the letter—or the spirit—of the law?

    Hunting Shadows
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    A Fine Summer's Day

    • 358pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,0(4023)Évaluer

    New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd takes readers into Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge's past-to his perplexing final case before the outbreak of World War I. On a fine summer's day in June, 1914, Ian Rutledge pays little notice to the assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo.

    A Fine Summer's Day
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    No Shred of Evidence

    • 368pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,0(109)Évaluer

    In this absorbing new entry in the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is caught up in a twisted web of vengeance and murder. On the north coast of Cornwall, an apparent act of mercy is repaid by an arrest for murder.

    No Shred of Evidence
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    The Gate Keeper

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    4,1(273)Évaluer

    Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is a witness to murder in the twentieth installement of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series

    The Gate Keeper
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    The Black Ascot

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,1(395)Évaluer

    Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in this next installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series. An astonishing tip from a grateful ex-convict seems implausible-but Inspector Ian Rutledge is intrigued and brings it to his superior at Scotland Yard.

    The Black Ascot
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    A Divided Loyalty

    • 336pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    4,1(2544)Évaluer

    "Chief Inspector Brian Leslie, a respected colleague of Ian Rutledge's, is sent to Avebury, a village set inside a great prehistoric stone circle not far from Stonehenge. A young woman has been murdered next to a mysterious, hooded, figure-like stone, but no one recognizes her - or admits to it. And how did she get there? Despite a thorough investigation, it appears that her killer has simply vanished. Rutledge, returning from the conclusion of a case involving another apparently unknown woman, is asked to take a second look at Leslie's inquiry, to see if he can identify this victim. But Rutledge is convinced Chief Superintendent Jameson only hopes to tarnish his earlier success once he also fails. Where to begin? He too finds very little to go on in Avebury, slowly widening his search beyond the village - only to discover that unlikely - possibly even unreliable - clues are pointing him toward an impossible solution, one that will draw the wrath of the Yard down on him, and very likely see him dismissed if he pursues it. But what about the victim - what does he owe this tragic woman? Where must his loyalty lie?"--Publisher

    A Divided Loyalty
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