A Pale Horse - (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries) by Charles Todd (Paperback)

About the Book

A body found in the ruins of an ancient abbey sends Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge after a brutal killer in another superb atmospheric mystery by the author of "A False Mirror."

From the Back Cover

The Great War never relinquished its hold on Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, leaving him haunted and isolated, unable to forget. In the spring of 1920, he's dispatched to Berkshire to find a missing man whose war work is so secret even Rutledge cannot know its true nature. Meanwhile, miles away, an unidentified body has been discovered in the ruins of a Yorkshire abbey, clothed in a monk's robe and wearing a gas mask.

In the shadow of a great white horse cut into the chalk hillside--where cottages once built to house the sick and untouchable now shelter outcasts like himself--Rutledge must extract a terrible truth from those who hide from the past. For death is never quite finished with anyone, least of all the men who fought in the bloody trenches of France.

Review Quotes

"This deft psychological period piece may be the best yet." - Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)
"Outstanding series of historical mysteries....However they apportion their literary chores, the mother and son who write together as Charles Todd clearly share an affinity for quiet souls haunted by unquiet memories." - New York Times Book Review
"This delightful series offers pure detection and rich ambience....The spirit of Agatha Christie lives." - Otto Penzler in the New York Sun