A Divided Loyalty A Novel

Charles Todd

eBook - 2020

"Todd's astute character studies . . . offer a fascinating cross section of postwar life. . . . A satisfying puzzle-mystery." — The New York Times Book Review Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledgeis assigned one of the most baffling investigations of his career: an unsolvedmurder case with an unidentified victim and a cold trail with few clues tofollow A woman has been murdered at the foot of a megalithshaped like a great shrouded figure. Chief Inspector Brian Leslie, one of theYard's best men, is sent to investigate the site in Avebury, a village setinside a prehistoric stone circle not far from Stonehenge. In spite of hisefforts, Leslie is not able to identify her, much less discover how she got toAvebury—or why she... died there. Her killer has simply left no trace. Several weeks later, when Ian Rutledge has returned from successfullyconcluding a... more