The Confession (Inspector Ian Rutledge Series #14)

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Overview

Scotland Yard’s best detective, Inspector Ian Rutledge, must solve a dangerous case that reaches far into the past in this superb mystery in the acclaimed series

Declaring he needs to clear his conscience, a dying man walks into Scotland Yard and confesses that he killed his cousin five years earlier during the Great War. When Inspector Ian Rutledge presses for details, the man evades his questions, revealing only that he hails from a village east of London. With little information and no body to open an official inquiry, Rutledge begins to look into the case on his own.

Less than two weeks later, the alleged killer’s body is found floating in the Thames, a bullet in the back of his head. Searching for answers, Rutledge discovers that the dead man was not who he claimed to be. What was his real name—and who put a bullet in his head? Were the “confession” and his own death related? Or was there something else in the victim’s past that led to his murder?

The inspector’s only clue is a gold locket, found around the dead man’s neck, that leads back to Essex and an insular village whose occupants will do anything to protect themselves from notoriety. For notoriety brings the curious, and with the curious come change and an unwelcome spotlight on a centuries-old act of evil that even now can damn them all.

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Publishers Weekly
Set in 1920, Todd’s excellent 14th mystery featuring Insp. Ian Rutledge (after 2011’s A Lonely Death) offers an intriguing setup. When Wyatt Russell shows up at Scotland Yard and confesses to murdering a cousin, Justin Fowler, five year earlier, Rutledge is unwilling to accept the story at face value, especially since Russell refuses to explain why he killed Fowler. Russell, who’s dying of cancer, agrees to lunch with the inspector in London, but divulges little more. Rutledge travels to a remote corner of Essex to pursue the few leads Russell provides, but receives an extremely hostile reception from the locals. The cold case takes an even stranger turn after Russell suffers a fatal gunshot wound to the back of his head. The plot convolutions compel, but the book’s main strength is its remarkable lead, who has survived the trench warfare of WWI and remains haunted by what the exigencies of the battlefield forced him to do. Agent: Jane Chelius. (Jan.)
Booklist on A Lonely Death
“Another engaging entry in a fine series.”
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Charlotte Observer on A Lonely Death
“A strong entry in a strong series.”
Richmond Times-Dispatch on A Lonely Death
“Todd invests this absorbing fiction with creative storytelling (including intriguing subplots), memorable characters and graceful, seemingly effortless prose….This is fiction that moves, entertains, and as always, underscores life’s victories over death.”
Kirkus Reviews
A confession presents more questions than it answers. Inspector Ian Rutledge (A Lonely Death, 2011, etc.) listens attentively to the Scotland Yard walk-in who says that his name is Wyatt Russell, that he's dying of cancer and that he murdered his cousin Justin Fowler in 1915 and is admitting it now, five years later, so that he can rest in peace. Wondering if his tale is true, Rutledge heads for the man's home at River's Edge, near Furnham in the Essex marshes, and encounters extremely unfriendly villagers anxious to send him on his way. Two weeks later, when the man's body washes up in the Thames with a bullet in the back of the head, Rutledge's queries become more serious. He discovers that the victim was not who he claimed to be, though a clue to his real identity may lie in the picture in the locket around his neck. Questions about that picture lead to birth and death notices at Somerset House and the disturbing knowledge that Mrs. Russell, once the matriarch of the deserted River's Edge house, upped and disappeared one day. Suicide? Or something more sinister? Cynthia Farraday, who seems to have attracted all the males on the estate, appears. So does the real Wyatt Russell, just in time to be assailed. Who then was the confessor? Rutledge won't settle matters until he unravels a long-ago double homicide and delves into the mysterious enmity of the River's Edge residents. Rutledge, still consumed with his own war memories, seems headed for a fierce emotional collapse this time out. One fervently hopes the Todd writing partnership can offer him solace in the next go-round.
Maureen Corrigan
Even given Todd's superlative track record, The Confession is a standout…[it] carries forward some of the best elements of the British Golden Age mysteries and proves that there's life in the old formula yet.
—The Washington Post
Booklist
“Another engaging entry in a fine series.”
Charlotte Observer
“A strong entry in a strong series.”
Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Todd invests this absorbing fiction with creative storytelling (including intriguing subplots), memorable characters and graceful, seemingly effortless prose….This is fiction that moves, entertains, and as always, underscores life’s victories over death.”

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780062015662
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 1/3/2012
  • Pages: 344
  • Sales rank: 26,323
  • Series: Inspector Ian Rutledge Series , #14
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Charles Todd
Charles Todd

Charles Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawford mysteries, and one stand-alone novel. A mother-and-son writing team, they live in Delaware and North Carolina, respectively.

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  • Posted January 19, 2012

    What a Pleasure

    What a pleasure to meet up with Inspector Ian Rutladge once again. A dying man comes into the yard in order to confess to a murder that took place during the war, refuses to give more information, and is then murdered. Who would murder a dying man? Who exactly was the dying man and why did he conceal his identity? Who did he murder?

    The quest to find the answers to these questions takes Inspector Rutledge from London to a insular village with lots of secrets to hide, an abandon house on the marsh, and several unexplained deaths.

    Inspector Rutledge deals with a big shake up at the yard and also with his sister and his lack of personal life. Interestingly, although Hamish does appear, I do not believe it is quite as frequently as in past books. Is Inspector Rutledge maybe beginning to cope with his war expriences?

    The mystery in this story is a good one and it is very hard to sort out victims, villains, and those who are perhapse a bit of both. I love Inspector Rutledge and look forward to his next adventure.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 19, 2012

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    Furnham was a fishing town with very unfriendly residents that c

    Furnham was a fishing town with very unfriendly residents that could spot an unfriendly outsider immediately when he walked into town. Ian Rutledge was the stranger that screamed police, and the residents screamed nothing but coldness and silence. What could they be hiding, and why would they deny that they knew anything about the dead man in the photo when he had relatives in the town and had lived there nearby as a child? The residents of Furnham were an odd lot with loyalty to each other and the entire town.

    Rutledge definitely felt all the answers to the murdered man were in this small fishing town, but getting the information was going to prove to be difficult. He returned time after time much to the anger of the town’s residents, but the clues were there....they just had to be “dug” out. Another thing to consider too.....was the current investigation connected to past people and past disappearances and murders? Is that why the town was so closed mouthed?

    Don’t miss out on this one ……Ian was on another great investigation in this Todd mystery and, of course, Hamish was there as well. The setting, the twists and turns of the storyline, the subplots, and the fascinating, well-described characters will again keep you involved and turning the pages.

    I always look forward to an Ian Rutledge mystery....you get completely involved with the story and characters. 5/5

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  • Posted March 3, 2012

    Seeds of Evil

    This latest in the long-running Inspector Ian Rutledge series finds him in his office shortly after the end of World War I listening to a man calling himself Wyatt Russell confess to murdering his cousin years before.. The man tells Rutledge he has stomach cancer and just a very short time to live but wanted to “clear his conscience.” Little did he know that he would be shot in the head and left in the Thames in just a matter of days. Now the Inspector has more than one murder to solve, and embarks on a quest that takes him to a little fishing village north of London in Essex where he encounters many more mysteries.

    Rutledge learns that the man was not who he claimed to be, and that was but the first thing he had to unravel. Then to discover the meaning of the only clue he had: a gold woman’s locket with the picture of a young girl, found around the man’s neck. Without the sanction of an official inquiry, the Inspector proceeds to develop the facts, despite the uncooperative and even hostile reception he receives in the village where additional murders and deaths occur.

    A novel written by the mother-and-son team writing under the nom de plume Charles Todd, Confession is up to the high level of its predecessors: the plot is tightly woven, the characters well-drawn and the reader is drawn forward anxiously waiting to find out what comes next. Highly recommended.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 29, 2012

    Top notch again

    Another engaging and delectable story featuring that well-rounded character - Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard. Can't say which of the Rutledge mysteries is the best: they're all equally enjoyable. Good character development in a well-written and interesting story line.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 8, 2012

    Always a great read!

    Love this whole series and it keeps getting better. Highly recommend.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 1, 2012

    Highly Recommended - you won't be disappointed!

    Plenty of twists and good plots and characters, I enjoyed and I can see Ian Rutledge became older and deal with his shell shock better. Worthwhile!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2012

    One of the best

    Really enjoyed this one. More of Ian doing his work and not Hamish taking over . Good mystery, lots of twists. Highly recommed.



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