A Christmas Witness (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries Book 25)

A Christmas Witness (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries Book 25)

by Charles Todd

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Perfect for you if...

  • You're already invested in Rutledge's cases and want a tighter, seasonal mystery that doesn't lose the character's depth.
  • You enjoy cosy mysteries with period detail but appreciate when the detective's own trauma complicates his thinking.
  • You like your Christmas reads dark and suspicious rather than heartwarming and neat.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You need a full-length novel and get frustrated by novellas that feel like they end just as you're settling in.
  • You prefer standalone mysteries and haven't read the earlier Rutledge books, as this assumes you know his war guilt and internal conflicts.
  • You want a traditional festive mystery with cosiness and goodwill. This one has winter dressing but serious psychological tension.

About this book

Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard investigates a possible attempted murder in this seasonal mystery novella. In December 1921, newly promoted Chief Inspector Rutledge is assigned by Chief Superintendent Markum to travel to a Kentish estate where a lord is recovering from a suspected attack on his life. The man, confined to bed with a concussion, believes someone is attempting to kill him after being struck by the hoof of a running horse whose rider did not stop to help him. Rutledge, burdened by his own wartime trauma and conflicted about assisting a man who, as a colonel, had overseen soldiers' suffering from a distance, begins an uncomfortable investigation. As Christmas approaches, Rutledge grows increasingly certain that the circumstances surrounding the incident are not what they initially appear to be.

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