AFearsomeDoubt

BestsellingauthorCharlesToddhasearnedaspecialplaceamongmystery’selitewriterswithhisacclaimedseriesfeaturingScotlandYardInspectorIanRutledge,aformersoldierseekingtolaytorestthedemonsofhispastintheaftermathofWorldWarI.Butthatpastbleedsintothepresentinacomplexmurdercasethatcallsintoquestionhisownhonor...andthecrimescommittedinthenameofGod,country,andrighteousvengeance.AFearsomeDoubtIn1912IanRutledgewatchedasamanwascondemnedtohangforthemurdersofelderlywomen.RutledgehelpedgathertheevidencethatsentBenShawtothegallows.Andwhenjusticewasdone,Rutledgeclosedthedooronthecase.ButShawwasnoteasilyforgotten.Now,sevenyearslater,thatgrimtrialreturnsintheformofBenShaw’swidowNell,bringingRutledgeevidencesheisconvincedwillproveherhusband’sinnocence.It’sabelieffraughtwithperil,threateningbothRutledge’sprofessionalstatureandhisfaithinhisjudgment.ButthereisadarkerreasonforRutledge’sreluctance.MurderbringshimbacktoKentwhere,daysearlier,he’dglimpsedanall-too-familiarfacebeyondtheleapingflamesofabonfire.Soonanunexpectedencounterrevivestheendofhisownwar,asthecountrypreparesforasombercommemorationontheanniversaryoftheArmistice.Tobattletheunsettledpastandthehauntedpresentatthesametimeisanappallingmandate.Andthepeoplearoundhim?amongthemtheattractivewidowofafriend,aremarkablewomanwhosurvivedtheGreatIndianMutiny;abitter,dyingbarrister;andamanwhosenameheneverknew—unwittinglycompetewiththegrievingNellShaw.They’lldemandmorethanRutledgecangive,unawarethatheisalreadycarryingtheburdenofshellshock?andthevoiceofHamishMacLeod,thesoldierhewasforcedtoexecuteinthewar.ThekillerinMarlingissurprisinglyadeptatescapingdetection.AndBenShaw’spastisatangleofunsettlingsecretsthatmayormaynotbetrue.Rutledgemustwalkatortuouslinebetweentwomurderers...onereachingouttoruinhim,theotherdriventodestroyhim.FromtheHardcoveredition.,