description: It is 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France, there is no peace. Suffering from shell shock, he plunges into his work to save his sanity. But his first assignment is a case certain to spell both personal and professional disaster. A popular colonel has been murdered in Warwickshire, and the main suspect is a decorated war hero. No matter what the outcome, Rutledge may not escape with his career intact. And, win or lose, the cost could be even The one witness who could break the case is himself a shell-shock victim. In this war-ravaged man, Rutledge sees his own possible future, should he fail.
language: English
title: A Test Of Wills
titlecomplete: A Test Of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1)
characters: Ian Rutledge, Mark Wilton, Daniel Hickam, Lettice Wood, Sally Davenant, CS Bowles, Helena Sommers, Catherine Tarrant, Laurence Royston, Colonel Harris, Bert Mavers
genres: Fiction, Crime, British Literature, Historical Fiction, World War I, Historical, Historical Mystery, Detective, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 18300
places: Warwickshire, England, London, England
series: Inspector Ian Rutledge
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Headline