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A game of fear / Charles Todd.
Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex, where amongst the salt flats and a military airfield lies Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past. The lady of the house may prove his most bewildering witness yet. She claims she saw a violent murder-but there is no body, no blood. She also insists she recognized the killer: Captain Nelson. Only it could not have been Nelson because he died during the war. Everyone in the village believes that Lady Benton's losses have turned her mind-she is, after all, a grieving widow and mother-but the woman Rutledge interviews is rational and self-possessed. And then there is Captain Nelson: what really happened to him in the war? The more Rutledge delves into this baffling case, the more suspicious tragedies he uncovers. The Abbey and the airfield hold their secrets tightly. Until Rutledge arrives, and a new trail of death follows...
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062905598
- ISBN: 0062905597
- Physical Description: 307 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
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| Subject: | Rutledge, Ian (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Police > England > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Witnesses > England > Fiction. Mental health > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Essex (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Rolla Public Library | FIC TOD (Text) | 38256101821985 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Adair County Public Library | A F Todd (Text) | 34029002612520 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library | M TOD (Text) | 37884103299982 | Mystery | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | M TOD (Text) | 37884103299974 | Mystery | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | M TOD (Text) | 37884103299966 | Mystery | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Camdenton | M FIC TODD (Text) | 31320003845604 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Macks Creek | M FIC TODD (Text) | 31320003854945 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | TOD (Text) | 33042004815430 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
| Caruthersville Public Library | F TOD (Text) | 38417100521915 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F TOD 2022 (Text) | 0002205491794 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex, where amongst the salt flats and a military airfield lies Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past. The lady of the house may prove his most bewildering witness yet. She claims she saw a violent murder-but there is no body, no blood. She also insists she recognized the killer: Captain Nelson. Only it could not have been Nelson because he died during the war. Everyone in the village believes that Lady Benton's losses have turned her mind-she is, after all, a grieving widow and mother-but the woman Rutledge interviews is rational and self-possessed. And then there is Captain Nelson: what really happened to him in the war? The more Rutledge delves into this baffling case, the more suspicious tragedies he uncovers. The Abbey and the airfield hold their secrets tightly. Until Rutledge arrives, and a new trail of death follows...
