num_pages: 282
description: The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar® and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction’s most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. Phenomenal writing, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place… It all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural.
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: St. Martin's Press