Ian Rutledge was a Scotland Yard detective before he went to serve in France, and now that the war has ended, he has fought his way back into his old job – even though he doubts himself and his superiors most certainly doubt him at every turn.

The Rutledge series is set in the post-World War I period. That it reminded me, a bit, of the historical mystery that served as part of (the best part of, to my reading) Magpie Murders was just icing on the cake. I have read scattered entries in the series, including the first book, A Test of Wills, so I was happy to answer when this one started calling my name. I love their Bess Crawford historical mystery series, but by the time I started with Bess, the Rutledge series was already into double-digits and I wasn’t quite ready to face catching up. Today, that led me to Wings of Fire, the second book in Charles Todd’s Inspector Ian Rutledge series. I’ve been looking for comfort reads this week, and that has led me to take a look at some mystery series that I’ve been meaning to get caught up on. Guided by the voice of Hamish, the Scot he unwillingly executed on the battlefield, Rutledge is driven to uncover the haunting truths of murder and madness rooted in a family crypt. Manning, whose war poetry helped Rutledge retain his grasp on sanity in the trenches of France. Including the identity of one of the dead, a reclusive spinster unmasked as O. In Charles Todd's Wings of Fire, Inspector Ian Rutledge is quickly sent to investigate the sudden deaths of three members of the same eminent Cornwall family, but the World War I veteran soon realizes that nothing about this case is routine.

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