"A gripping whodunit." - Publishers Weekly
"Todd's excellent 14th mystery featuring Insp. Ian Rutledge offers an intriguing setup." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Confession
"Todd serves up plenty of period detail and plot twists, but the real attraction here is Rutledge, a shrewd, dedicated detective grappling with the demons of his past." - Booklist on The Confession
"By the end you'll be gnashing your teeth anxiously waiting for the puzzle pieces to fall together and make sense of all that's come before." - USA Today
"There's a grand design to Charles Todd's period novels featuring Inspector Ian Rutledge....elegant mysteries." - Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times Book Review.
"In The Red Door, Charles Todd shows again that this series about Ian Rutledge, a battle-fatigued World War I veteran and Scotland Yard detective, is as fresh and original as when the shell-shocked detective debuted 12 novels ago." - Sun-Sentinel (Florida) on The Red Door
"Fully realized characters, well-researched settings, and exquisite writing combine with a surprising and chilling solution to mark this 13th outing as a standout in Todd's deservedly award-winning series." - Mystery Scene on A Lonely Death
"Consistently ingenious and atmospheric...THE CONFESSION carries forward some of the best elements of the British Golden Age mysteries and proves there's life in the old formula yet." - Washington Post
"There's both a pattern and a purpose to the superb historical mysteries produced by mother-and-son writing partners known as Charles Todd." - New York Times Book Review on The Confession
"Rutledge, with his inexorable hunt for the truth, is as compelling as ever." - American Historical Review
"One of the strongest entries yet in a series that shows no sign of losing steam....Once again Todd perfectly balances incisive portraits of all the characters, not just the complex and original lead." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Red Door
"Masterly." - New York Times Book Review on A Lonely Death