{"product_id":"9780312971281","title":"Search the Dark : An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSearch the Dark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Charles Todd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe introspective hero of \u003ci\u003eWings of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Test of Wills\u003c\/i\u003e (Edgar Award nominee) returns in \u003ci\u003eSearch the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, a provocative new mystery by Charles Todd. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspector Ian Rutledge, haunted 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.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dead woman and two missing children bring Inspector Rutledge to the lovely Dorset town of Singleton Magna, where the truth lies buried with the dead. A tormented veteran whose family died in an enemy bombing is the chief suspect. Dubious, Rutledge presses on to find the real killer. And when another body is found in the rich Dorset earth, his quest reaches into the secret lives of villagers and Londoners whose privileged positions and private passions give them every reason to thwart him. Someone is protecting a murderer. And two children are out there, somewhere, in the dark....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Todd's Ian Rutledge mysteries are among the most intelligent and affective being written these days.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Evocative...An absorbing mystery.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] profound and insightful rendering of a Britain between the wars.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Hartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312971281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40667411742926,"sku":"9780312971281","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_358c5d8f-ee52-4b85-a1be-7aa344b160e8.jpg?v=1639710553","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312971281","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}