A Fine Summers Day, Charles Todd
A Fine Summers Day, Charles Todd
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A Fine Summer's Day
An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

Author: Charles Todd

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 13 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 01/06/2015

Synopsis

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. An Inspector at Scotland Yard, he is planning to propose to the woman whom he deeply loves, despite intimations from friends and family that she may not be the wisest choice.To the north on this warm and gentle day, another man in love—a Scottish Highlander—shows his own dear girl the house he will build for her in September. While back in England, a son awaits the undertaker in the wake of his widowed mother’s death. This death will set off a series of murders across England, seemingly unconnected, that Rutledge will race to solve in the weeks before the fateful declaration in August that will forever transform his world.As the clouds of war gather on the horizon, all of Britain wonders and waits. With every moment at stake, Rutledge sets out to right a wrong—an odyssey that will eventually force him to choose between the Yard and his country, between love and duty, and between honor and truth.

About Charles Todd

Charles Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawford mysteries, and two stand-alone novels. A mother-and-son writing team, Caroline passed away in August 2021 and Charles lives in Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 13, 2021

This 17th book in the 'Inspector Ian Rutledge' series is a prequel that harks back to the beginning of WWI, before Rutledge goes to war and returns suffering from shell shock (PTSD). In 1914, Rutledge is a Scotland Yard detective courting a privileged young lady named Jean Gordon. Like other women of......more

Goodreads review by Lawyer on December 13, 2015

A Fine Summer's Day: Inspector Ian Rutledge Before the Great War Channel Firing THOMAS HARDY That night your great guns, unawares, Shook all our coffins as we lay, And broke the chancel window-squares, We thought it was the Judgment-day And sat upright. While drearisome Arose the howl of wakened hounds: T......more

Goodreads review by Judy on January 12, 2015

What a pleasure it was to thoroughly enjoy this book in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series. And what a very good idea for the authors to go back to show us what Rutledge was like before he became so tormented by what happened to him in the fighting during World War I. This is definitely a stand alone......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on July 20, 2022

What a fabulous book! I loved that Charles Todd decided to write a book that takes Ian Rutledge back in time to before the war. To when he still was carefree, in love, and not haunted. Now, I do think he got away when it came to the marriage issue. Especially when there is someone in his life that d......more

Goodreads review by Gail on December 27, 2014

Those of us familiar with the superb Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge series created by the mother/son team writing under the name of Charles Todd well know that Rutledge is a dedicated but haunted survivor of World War I. His experiences on the battlefield have created the man he is today, and......more

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