Matter of Justice LP A

Thesuperbnewentryinthehistoricalseriesthe"NewYorkTimesBookReview"hailsas"outstanding"andtheCleveland"PlainDealer"calls"superb"Attheturnofthecentury,inawartakingplacefarfromEngland,twosoldierschanceuponanopportunitythatwillchangetheirlivesforever.Totakeadvantageofit,theywillberequiredtodotheunthinkable,andthentoputthepastbehindthem.Butnotallmemoriesaresoshort.Twentyyearslater,asuccessfulLondonbusi-nessmanisfoundsavagelyandbizarrelymurderedinamedievaltithebarnonhisestateinSomerset.Calledupontoinvestigate,ScotlandYardinspectorIanRutledgesoondiscoversthatthevictimwasuniversallydespised.Eventheman'swife--whoappearstobehiswifeinnameonly--andthetown'spoliceinspectoraresuspect.Butwho,amongthemany,hatedhimenoughtokill?Rutledgetenaciouslyfollowsawell-concealedtrailreachingbacktoanactsobarbarousandwithconsequencessodevastatingthateventheinnocentareenvelopedbythemurderoustideofevents.Ashesummonsallhisskillstobreakthroughawallofsilenceintimetostemthistide,othersareeagertotwistthetruthfortheirownends.Whenjusticetakesamalevolentturn,canRutledge'sowncareersurvive?