Above all, these stories peer deeply into human nature.”
Winston-Salem Journal
“Charles Todd continues to delve deeper and deeper into the national psyche of Britain during the unsettled years following World War I.... The characters [in A Long Shadow] have vivid personalities and psychological depths.... Although the scenery changes from book to book in this elegantly devised series, the bleak emotional landscape remains the same, waiting for someone like Rutledge to heal its wounds.”
New York Times Book Review
“I admire not just the book’s pace but also its seriousness, its darkness.... [Todd does] a nice job of capturing the era.... I found myself thinking of Agatha Christie as I read.”
Washington Post Book World
“Excellent.... Todd’s plotting and characterization are, as usual, first-rate, and the tormented motivations behind the novel’s dark acts are presented with a sensitivity and refinement reminiscent of the best of P. D. James....
[It] will leave both longtime fans and new readers anxiously awaiting the sequel.”
Publishers Weekly (*Starred Review*)
“Always rewarding.... As usual with Todd’s evocative and literary novels, the psychological motivations more than match the physical action.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Todd’s writing is graceful and evocative of bygone times and places.”
Miami Herald
“Spectacular.... The writing is so good—I actually read some sentences twice just to enjoy the beauty of the prose.”
Westchester Journal News
“Todd’s series has the feel of the classic whodunits of such Golden Age masters as Christie and Sayers. Its ever-thickening plot is sure to please serious puzzlers who thrill to a large cast of wary villagers spinning complex webs of rumor and deception.... [A] delight.”
Booklist
“Todd’s trademark is the insight he has into his characters.
Their emotions and reactions hint at guilt of something, but not necessarily murder. It keeps readers on edge right up to the stunning end.... But Rutledge’s journey isn’t finished. And, we hope, neither is Todd.”
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
By Charles Todd
A Long Shadow
A Cold Treachery
The Murder Stone
A Fearsome Doubt
Legacy of the Dead
Watchers of Time
Search the Dark
Wings of Fire
A Test of Wills