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| Mother and son writing team Caroline and Charles Todd |
The eighteenth book in the best-selling series by the mother and son writing team of Caroline and Charles Todd. Although the authors are American, they write two different mystery series, one featuring Ian Rutledge and the other Bess Crawford, both dealing with World War I and its aftermath, and both featuring British characters and settings. And unlike many American authors, they get the Brits and the pre-forensics detecting right.
No Shred of Evidence takes a reluctant Ian Rutledge back to the coast of Cornwall. This time he's been handed the case of four privileged young women accused of murdering a banker's son during a boating trip. The women say they were trying to rescue the young man --- no more than an acquaintance (ie. not their equal in the complicated British class system) --- from his sinking dinghy. Somehow in the mad scramble of trying to heave him into their boat without capsizing it, he was struck on the head by an oar. An unfortunate accident, no more. However an eyewitness, a local farmer (even further down the social ladder), accuses the women of attempted murder. Since the victim never regains consciousness, there's no one to refute the farmer's accusation. Then other violent attacks occur, complicating Rutledge's investigation. Slowly he assembles the jigsaw puzzle of old grudges and uncontrolled fury that is behind the attacks. But can he find the proof in time to save four women from hanging for murder?
Click HERE to read an interview with Caroline and Charles Todd from the Fort Worth TX Star-Telegram.
Click HERE to read a review from Military Press.
Click HERE to read a review from Publishers Weekly.
Click HERE to read a review from the Historical Novel Society.
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