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A Test of Wills
by Charles Todd
ISBN: 0312144318
ISBN-13: 9780312144319
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge and his inner voice/alter ego Hamish MacLeod are sent to Upper Streetham to investigate the murder of a retired colonel. Hamish sees conspiracies everywhere, while Rutledge struggles to hold onto his belief that people still tell the truth. A "New York Times" Notable Book of 1996.
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"The 20th century hasn't happened in Upper Streetham, which seems to have been cast out of "Rebecca", or in first-novelist Todd's deeply old-fashioned storytelling, which eschews the slightest impropriety in favor of the patient subtlety and circumlocution that held readers in thrall 70 years ago. A feast for the like-minded"
-- Kirkus
""ATest of Wills" is both a meticulously wrought puzzle and a harrowing psychological drama about a man's struggle to raise himself from the dead....Charles Todd...has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long dead generation and a world he never knew." -- Marilyn Stasio
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published date: 1996
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Pages: 282
Publisher's Notes
In 1914, Ian Rutledge left a brilliant career at Scotland Yard to fight in the Great War. Now, in 1919, he is back, burdened with a heavy secret: he is still suffering from shell shock. With him almost constantly is the cynical, taunting voice of the young Scots soldier he was forced to have executed on the battlefield for refusing to fight. In a desperate gamble to salvage his sanity, Rutledge takes up his duties at Scotland Yard. But a colleague, jealous of Rutledge's prewar successes, has learned his secret and maneuvers to have him assigned to a case that promises to spell disaster no matter what the outcome. In a Warwickshire village, a popular retired military officer has been murdered, and the chief suspect is, unhappily for the Inspector, a much-decorated war hero and a friend of the Prince of Wales. Rutledge, fighting his malady and the tormentor in his head (who is the personification of his own doubts and guilt), doggedly goes about his investigation. He digs into the lives of the villagers: the victim's ward, a young woman now engaged to the chief suspect; a local artist shunned because of her love for a German prisoner; the reclusive cousins whose cottage adjoins the dead man's estate. But the witness who might be able to tell him the most is a war-ravaged ex-soldier who chills Rutledge with the realization that if he loses control of himself, he could become this man.
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A Test of Wills
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St Martins Pr. Used - Good. Ex-library. Published: 1996. Hardcover.1st ed. Dust jacket: Good. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. EX-LIBRARY with typical library markings, attachments and wear. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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St. Martin's Press, 1996. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good-. 8.5 X 5.75 Book Club Edition Hardcover with 282 pp. Yellow and brown illustrated cover and spine with white lettering. Mystery Guild Signature Series, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Some moisture damage to lower back of DJ and some fading on spine. Dj now protected in a Brodart cover. Binding is tight. Pages are slightly foxed, but clean and unmarked. ( more information) Offered by Kazoo Books (United States)
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NY:: St. Martin's Press,, 1996. First Edition. HC. A fine tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Protected in a Mylar cover. Lovely copy of the author's first book. ( more information) Offered by Books Again, Inc. (United States)
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St. Martin's Press, 1996. Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8.5 X 5.75 Book Club Edition Hardcover with 282 pp. Yellow and brown illustrated cover and spine with white lettering. Mystery Guild Signature Series, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Dj now protected in a Brodart cover. Binding is tight. Pages are slightly foxed, but clean and unmarked. ( more information) Offered by Kazoo Books (United States)
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St Martins Pr, 1996-08. Hardcover. Very Good. excellent condition - light wear to dj ( more information) Offered by Bookstore at the End of the Universe (United States)
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1996. First edition of his first book. Edgar nominee for best first book. First printing of 2,000 copies. Fine in fine jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by The Bookman (United States)
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Dust jacket has slight chips around edges, which is the way it shipped from the publisher, otherwise an unread copy. Signed and dated by author in year of publication.. Signed and Dated By Author. First edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. ( more information) Offered by Darlynne's Books (United States)
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New York: St. Martin's Press, (1996).. First edition. Very fine in pictorial dust jacket. The author's marvelous first book which introduces us to the shell-shocked complexities of Inspector Ian Rutledge. Nominated for the 1997 Anthony, Edgar, and Dilys Awards. A superior copy of the correct first edition.. ISBN: 0312144318. F. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by Brick Walk Bookshop (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1996 Bright, tight, unread copy in protected jacket. Signed "Charles Todd" on title page (i.e. single not double signature). The first of the Ian Rutledge series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Diaskari Books - a member of Ibooknet (United Kingdom)
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St. Martin, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Signed. Author's first novel, a Partners' Pick and Edgar Award nominee. A small first print-run and very much sought after. Signed by both authors.First editions are first printings. First editions with dustwrappers are protected with clear archival wraps. We ship via UPS whenever possible - please select 'expedited' shipping. ( more information) Offered by Partners & Crime Inc. (United States)
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St Martins Pr. Hardcover. 0312144318 NICE COPY--SPEEDY SHIPPING with SUPER CUSTOMER SERVICE . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by TIME OUT BOOKS (United States)
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