The Red Door - Softcover

Todd, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061969796 ISBN 13: 9780061969799

Publisher: William Morrow, 2009

Synopsis

Lancashire, England, June, 1920. Who was the woman who lived and died behind the red door? What did she see before she died? And who was the man who never came home from the Great War, for the simple reason that he had never really gone? And why is Scotland Yard blind to the connection, even when Inspector Ian Rutledge points it out?

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Review

"Engaging and atmospheric."--Library Journal on The Red Door

"In The Red Door, Charles Todd shows again that this series about Ian Rutledge, a battle-fatigued World War I veteran and Scotland Yard detective, is as fresh and original as when the shell-shocked detective debuted 12 novels ago."--Sun-Sentinel (Florida) on The Red Door

"Fascinating and compelling."--Winston-Salem Journal on The Red Door

"Compelling."--San Jose Mercury News on The Red Door

"One of the strongest entries yet in a series that shows no sign of losing steam....Once again Todd perfectly balances incisive portraits of all the characters, not just the complex and original lead."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Red Door

"Superb...haunting tale of love and loss."--Globe and Mail (Toronto) on The Red Door

"A complex story with lots of unexpected twists and turns....A fun ride to a surprising conclusion."--Mystery Scene on The Red Door

"An intriguing story that's impossible to put down...reminiscent of Agatha Christie."--Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) on The Red Door

"The book is more than a whodunit. Todd's characters are well-wrought, his settings evocative, and the book a pleasure to read."--World magazine on The Red Door

Compelling. --San Jose Mercury News on The Red Door"

From the Back Cover

At the end of a terrible war, a woman painted the door to her house red to welcome her husband home from the Front . . . but he never returned. Two years later, in the English summer of 1920, she lies lifeless behind that door, savagely bludgeoned to death.

In London, a man suffering from a mysterious illness goes missing, and his family members offer conflicting accounts of one another's whereabouts at the time of his disappearance. Then, suddenly, he reappears, miraculously recovered, offering no clues to the puzzle or to the reason behind his brothers' and sister's silence and rage.

Now Inspector Ian Rutledge, still haunted by the battlefield's horrors, must solve two possibly connected mysteries. He must uncover the family secret that nearly drove one man mad, and bring a ruthless killer to justice.

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061969796
• ISBN 13: 9780061969799
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352