![]() ![]() Mark Wilton, a war hero who has powerful friends and is engaged to Harris's ward, Lettice Wood. ![]() Villagers suspect Mavers, a perennial and malicious troublemaker, but circumstances stubbornly point to Capt. Rutledge is sent to the village of Upper Streetham on a case with enough land mines for a battlefield: the murder of retired Col. ``I'm a scar on your bluidy soul,'' Hamish taunts him. ![]() Ian Rutledge has a deep secret to keep: he suffers from shell shock, which manifests itself as Hamish MacLeod, an inner voice articulating Ian's worst fears and suspicions, personal and professional. A newcomer returns us to the essential pleasures of the well-crafted puzzle in this debut, the absorbing story of a young British WWI veteran returning from the war to his job as a Scotland Yard inspector. ![]()
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