The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: Legacy of the Dead, Charles Todd

Legacy of the Dead

Charles Todd

The weathered remains found on a Scottish mountainside may be those of Eleanor Gray, but the imperious Lady Maude Gray, Eleanor's mother, will have to be handled delicately. This is not the only ground that Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard must tread carefully, for the case will soon lead him to Scotland, where many of Rutledge's ghosts rest uneasily. But it is an unexpected encounter that will hold the most peril.

For in Scotland Rutledge will find that the young mother accused of killing Eleanor Gray is a woman to whom he owes a terrible debt. And his harrowing journey to find the truth will lead him back through the fires of his past, into secrets that still have the power to kill.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Bantam
  • Publish Date: May 29th, 2001
  • Pages: 384
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.92in - 4.33in - 1.04in - 0.41lb
  • EAN: 9780553583151
  • Categories: Mystery & Detective - Police ProceduralMystery & Detective - HistoricalThrillers - Historical

More books to explore

Book Cover for: Bangkok Haunts: A Royal Thai Detective Novel (3), John Burdett
Book Cover for: The Mist: A Thriller, Ragnar Jónasson
Book Cover for: The Burn, Kathleen Kent
Book Cover for: Best Bad Things, Katrina Carrasco
Book Cover for: The Island: A Thriller, Ragnar Jónasson
Book Cover for: The Drowning Sea: A Maggie d'Arcy Mystery, Sarah Stewart Taylor
Book Cover for: The Good Daughter, Karin Slaughter
Book Cover for: Desert Star, Michael Connelly
Book Cover for: Trust Me When I Lie, Benjamin Stevenson
Book Cover for: Pretty Girls, Karin Slaughter
Book Cover for: City of Windows, Robert Pobi
Book Cover for: Dead by Dawn, Paul Doiron
Book Cover for: One Last Lie, Paul Doiron
Book Cover for: Royal Affair, Allison Montclair
Book Cover for: All the Devils Are Here, Louise Penny

About the Author

Charles Todd is the author of A Test of Wills, Wings of Fire, and Search the Dark. He lives on the East Coast, where he is at work on the next novel in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series, Watchers of Time.

More books by Charles Todd

Book Cover for: A Game of Fear, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Duty to the Dead, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: Watchers of Time: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Novel, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Test of Wills, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Matter of Justice, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: Wings of Fire: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A False Mirror, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: The Red Door: An Inspector Rutledge Mystery, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Pale Horse, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Question of Honor, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Lonely Death, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Fearsome Doubt, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: The Gate Keeper, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: Search the Dark: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: A Christmas Witness, Charles Todd
Book Cover for: Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford, Charles Todd

Praise for this book

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

"Todd's Ian Rutledge mysteries are among the most intelligent and affecting being written these days."
-- The Washington Post Book World

"With his tortured detective Ian Rutledge and the ghost who inhabits his mind ... Charles Todd has swiftly become one of the most respected writers in the mystery genre.... The pair is unique among sleuths."
-- The Denver Post

"A rich, complex novel intelligently written and very affecting."
-- The Purloined Letter

"Eloquent ... rich."
-- The New York Times Book Review

"Tightly worked, poignant ... a most moving story."
-- Booknews from The Poisoned Pen

Also by Charles Todd:

A Test of Wills (available from Bantam Books)
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Wings of Fire
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Search the Dark

and coming soon in hardcover:

Watchers of Time