By Charles Todd (read by Sam Gillies)
Book 5, Inspector Ian Rutledge
How many different ways can I say just how much I enjoy this series?
It is interesting to see how Rutledge, a damaged WWI veteran, is regaining his strength both bodily and mentally and adjusting to living with his past; it will haunt him always. The relationship between our hero and the ever-present voice in his head continues to evolve. Yes, it is the gimmick of the book but the idea is not that far-fetched; too many men came home from this war "shell shocked" and permanently damaged by the battlefield atrocities and it is easy to accept that some, maybe even many, lived with voices in their heads.
I do have to say that I figured out rather early on what the trigger events were for the murder and who the murderer would be but it really took the whole book to build the story and learn why he was the bad guy and what he had done that had to be covered up at the cost of lives of others.
The series just keep getting better and better.
Four stars.
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