Charles Todd

A Fine Summer S Day: an Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Charles Todd

Publisher Marketing:"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." Contributor Bio:  Todd, Charles Charles and Caroline Todd, a mother-son writing team, are the New York Times bestselling authors of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawford mysteries, and two stand-alone novels. They live in Delaware and North Carolina, respectively. Contributor Bio:  Crossley, Steven Steven Crossley is one of a select group of narrators who have recorded over two hundred audiobooks. He has won multiple "AudioFile" Earphones Awards, including for "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" by Salman Rushdie and "Sharpe's Fury" by Bernard Cornwell.