![]() ![]() “The emotional and physical carnage of World War I is used to remarkable effect in A TEST OF WILLS, an excellent new mystery and, one hopes, the first of a series.” “…Both a meticulously wrought puzzle and harrowing psychological drama about a shell-shocked police inspector who investigates a murder.” Named a New York Times Notable Book of the year and one of Publishers Weekly’s six best mysteries of the year ![]() “A brilliant return…Memorable characters, subtle plot twists, the evocative seaside setting and descriptions of architecture, the moors and the sea fully reward the attention this novel commands.” “Splendid imagery, in-depth characterization, and glimpses of more than one wounded psyche: an excellent historical mystery.” ![]() “ makes a welcome return in the haunting WINGS OF FIRE…Thoughtful and evocative, Todd’s tale offers interesting, three-dimensional characters.” “Todd’s writing is graceful and evocative of a bygone time and place.” “Novelist Charles Todd now joins that growing little circle of American authors like Elizabeth George and Martha Grimes who have made themselves at home in the exclusive field of the British literary mystery.” “Todd writes exceptionally about a time when people found not just meaning but healing in poetry, when intuition was viewed as kind of ‘second sight,’ and when everyone was stamped by war-not just the legless men, but also the women who lost their loves and so their futures.” E XTRAORDINARY A CCLAIM FOR THE W ORK OF C HARLES T ODD ![]()
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