Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)
by Charles Todd
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Author: Charles ToddEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-29
ISBN: 0553583158
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)
Book Review: A Satisfying Mystery - Thoroughly!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a thoroughly satisfying mystery. We, who have come to think of Inspector Ian Rutledge as our friend and his shadow-companion Hamish as a benign but ubiquitous presence in Charles Todd's mysteries, are glad for this book.
Herein, the author takes us North, first to meet a grande dame, Lady Maude, and then on to investigate a mystery that may or may not involve her missing daughter, Eleanor Gray. One gets a sense of the societal changes of the post W W I era, as one follows the investigation. Miss Gray lived a life that took full advantage of the strides that women were making as the 1920s began, and this was both a cause of concern for her incredibly wealthy, titled family, but also part of the reason why she went so long unsought.
While in the North, Rutledge ventures into the borders of Scotland as he visits the father of his best friend - who died in the War - and this leads to complications that cause him to cross into the Highlands and Hamish's old stomping grounds.
Whether he is ready or not to face those ghosts becomes part of the tale.
Then, too, as the plot thickens, living reminders of Hamish become entwined in the mystery. Chief among them, Hamish's beloved and betrothed, Fiona MacDonald. Did Fiona have anything to do with Eleanor's disappearance? Even - perish the thought - Eleanor's murder?
And if so, where pray tell is the body?
As in the other Rutledge mysteries, the recent memory of W W I is like a mist that creeps into the investigation from time to time. There are some harrowing scenes out in nature that remind Rutledge that peacetime is as dangerous as wartime.
All the while, the powers that be at Scotland Yard have thrown him into a nearly impossible case, where to succeed might spell his own disaster, if Lady Maude is not pleased with the outcome.
Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge is bound to become one of the dozen or so classic mystery detectives. May Todd's faithful readership grow--and may many more books featuring Ian and Hamish come into being!
One further thought. For those readers who are eager to find fault with the occasional non-British turn of phrase in these novels, perhaps you might choose, instead, to think if them as little "Ninas" inserted in the text as hidden clues to the authors' American background. After all, Nancy Astor and Jennie Jerome made their way in the UK. Why can't Todd!
If you find this review helpful you might want to read some of my other reviews, including those on subjects ranging from biography to architecture, as well as religion and fiction
Summary of Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)
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.
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