All the characters have been affected by the war one way or another. Bowels hopes that the encounter with the witness will tip the inspector over the edge.Īs it might be guess from the blurb, the novel is both a mystery and a character study.
In addition to the possibility of the case igniting a diplomatic scandal, the main witness is a veteran deeply affected by shell shock. When the decorated and royalty connected Colonel Harris is found dead, Bowles thinks he finally found the best way to get rid of Rutledge. His boss, Bowles, does not like the inspector much and when he finds out he suffers from PTSD (or shell shock), decides to get rid of him. He is severely scared mentally from the horrors he witnessed and the terrible decisions he had to make. Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge returns to work after WW1. I found A Test of Wills to be a very strong debut of a mystery series. Please meet my book boyfriend sometimes, if you get the chance. We will grow old together, our love never fading as our lives fade into the twilight. I want to hold his hands as he ponders the moral dilemmas within his cases. I want to embrace him in his darkest moments, as he remembers the horrors of war, as he is haunted by the specter of the ghost named Hamish, within his head. Occasionally, we will glance up and exchange a smile with each other. We will have quiet nights together, both of us reading, with a nice pot of tea. I want to spend evenings together with him in our comfortable little home in the English countryside. He is a wounded warrior, a former soldier, more noble in character than any I have read. On a marry-fuck-kill scale, Ian Rutledge is a solid marry. I have read every single book in this very long series. That's right, he beats out Valek, Ash, Morpheus, The Darkling. In terms of book boyfriends, the main character in this series, Ian Rutledge is my number one.
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