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Anonymous
Posted May 14, 2010
Another excellent Ian Rutledge mystery
The mother-and-son writing team of "Charles Todd" has given us anaother complex, affecting, and morally tough mystery for Inspector Ian Rutledge. It's 1920, and Rutledge works to solve two mysteries. The main mystery calls upon Rutledge to find a former missionary who has vanished from a London private clinic, where he was being treated for a neurological condition. Soon drawn into the stories--and lies--of the man's extended family, Rutledge tries to untangle why they are lying and how it connects to the missing man. In his search, he encounters the murder of a widow in an isolated village. The minor mystery (which seems too tidy and coincidental) involves a young man who robs--and, increasingly, kills-- men men walking along the Embankment at night.
As usual, the convolutions of the plot never overwhelm the moral outrage, the pathos of the murders, and the anger at cowardice and meanness in relationships.
Curiously, "Hamish" appears far less in this novel (although he is referred to often).1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted April 8, 2010
excellent
Charles Todd has long been one of my favorite authors and THE RED DOOR is one of his best. If you are a fan you won't want to miss this one. Well written.
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Doodus
Posted March 20, 2010
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Typical Charles Todd
As good as ever. Mother and son have done it again. Always love these stories, as they are the best of mysteries.
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This whodunit is super
In 1920, WWI veteran, Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge still struggles with his military time though he successfully is able to investigate crimes (see A Matter of Justice) and conceal his mental issue Hamish even from his astute visiting godfather. Rutledge is assigned the case of the disappearance of missionary Walter Teller, who mentally broke down in London and was taken to a nearby clinic where he apparently left. The inspector questions Walter's family especially focusing on his two brothers, Peter and Edwin.
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Rutledge is next assigned to look into the Lancashire stabbing murder of Florence Teller, wife of an apparent different Peter Teller than Walter's brother; a Peter who failed to return from the Great War. Still he finds the surnames too coincidental to ignore though he cannot fathom the otherwise link beyond The Red Door that Florence painted for her husband who never came home.
Extremely complicated, the latest Inspector Rutledge historical police procedural is a timely thriller on two fronts. First the hero and Walter suffer from post traumatic stress disorder as do many of our soldiers today; second the Spanish Flu of 1918 still leaves fear in many people as does Swine Flu today. The whodunit is super (though Hamish's voice feels somewhat irritating) and the depth of the era is as always insightful without superseding the mystery as team Todd provides another strong Inspector Rutledge tale.
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