Inspector Ian Rutledge, huanted by memories of World War I and the harrowing presence of Hamish, a dead soldier, is "a superb characterization of a man whose wounds have made him a stranger in his own land"(The New York Times Book Review.[...]

In 1912 Ian Rutledge watched as a man was condemned to hang for the murders of elderly women. Rutledge helped gather the evidence that sent Ben Shaw to the gallows. And when justice was done, Rutledge closed the door on the case. But Shaw was not easily forgotten.
Now, seven years later, that g[...]

Scotland Yard's Inspector Ian Rutledge searches for a missing child whose family is found murdered in the latest of a "brilliant" ("Chicago Tribune") series.[...]