- ISBN13: 9780061672705
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
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 cu... More >>
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VERY WELL WRITTEN, INTERESTING CHARATERS, I’M A HUGE CHARLES TODD FAN, HAVING READ ALL THE BOOKS IN THE IAN RUTLEDGE SERIES, I CAN HONESTLY SAY EACH ONE IS BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE. I OFTEN READ THEM IN ONE SITTING, JUST CAN’T PUT IT DOWN. SUSPENSEFUL TO THE VERY END. AND I LOVE THE WIT AND REASONING OF HAMISH.
Rating: 5 / 5
Although not the strongest entry to date in this excellent series of historical mysteries, A PALE HORSE is a very good read. Anglophiles will especially enjoy the details about the white horse of Uffington, which forms the backdrop to the story.
Rating: 4 / 5
Charles Todd has maintained the high quality of interest and intensity shown in his earlier Rutledge novels. The book has fulfilled every hope I had for it, and I look forward to the next in the sequence.
Rating: 5 / 5
It is so refreshing to have mysteries of the nature of Agatha Christie’s books and the Lord Peter Wimsey series, ones that understand psychological fear and suspense rather than murder mysteries dependent on chain-saw massacres or body-snatchers. Shirley Jackson knew there is nothing scarier than being alone in the dark; and Thomas Tryon understood the true evil in the hearts of the most ordinary of us. Charles Todd follows in excellent footsteps, and does so very well. If you don’t know the series, start at the beginning and read on.
This is England in the post-Edwardian era, in the poignant aftermath of WWI. Detective Ian Rutledge seems to be healing a bit from the earliest books, though still haunted by war. Again, your best thinking won’t uncover whodunnit. Once more, you’ll ride with him (and Hamish) down country lanes, sit with him at his solitary meals, and of course follow as he solves the murders–all of them. I can’t wait for the next book.
Rating: 5 / 5
I can’t say that this was my favorite Charles Todd book, but it’s still a winner. For those who have not read it, a suggestion: make a list of the characters, especially those in the cottages, with a note or two to remind you of the personality and background of each.
One of my major reasons for enjoying these books so much: even though the authors are Americans, they really nail the sentiments of the British after WW I. Not emphasized a great deal in this book, the series gives perspective into the mind-set of many of the folks who stayed home, experienced hardships, but seemed to have no clue as the the extent of the horrors their soldiers had endured and little sympathy for the survivors, including the disabled and especially the shell-shocked. I’ve researched this since reading the first book, and it is a valid portrayal, quite sad and hard to understand.
And couldn’t we all use a Hamish in the back seat?
Rating: 5 / 5