{"product_id":"a-long-shadow-paperback","title":"A Long Shadow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Todd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Seamless in its storytelling and enthralling in its plotting.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eFt. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dark and remarkable....Once  Todd] grabs you, there's no putting the novel down.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eWinston-Salem Journal\u003c\/em\u003e declares that, \"like P. D. James and Ruth Rendell, Charles Todd writes novels that transcend genre.\" \u003cem\u003eA Long Shadow \u003c\/em\u003eproves that statement true beyond the shadow of a doubt. Once again featuring Todd's extraordinary protagonist, Scotland Yard investigator and shell-shocked World War One veteran, Inspector Ian Rutledge, \u003cem\u003eA Long Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e immerses readers in the sights and sounds of post-war Great Britain, as the damaged policeman pursues answers to a constable's slaying and the three-year-old mystery of a young girl's disappearance in a tiny Northamptonshire village. Read Todd's \u003cem\u003eA Long Shadow \u003c\/em\u003eand see why the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e calls the Rutledge crime novels, \"one of the best historical series being written today.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScotland Yard's Inspector Ian Rutledge brought the Great War home with him, and its horrors haunt him still. On New Year's Eve 1919, he finds a brass cartridge casing, similar to countless others he'd seen on the battlefield, on the steps of a friend's house. Soon there are more, purposely placed where he is sure to discover them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnexpectedly drawn away from London to a small Northamptonshire village, he investigates the strange case of a local constable shot with a bow and arrow in an allegedly spirit-infested wood. Here among the taciturn townsfolk, embroiled in a three-year-old mystery of a vanished young girl, Rutledge hopes to keep his own ghosts at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his stalker has followed him. And now the emotionally shattered policeman walking the razor's edge of sanity must somehow keep his balance long enough to discover who is tracking him...and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 7.98 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695024869439,"sku":"9780061208515","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c138a87f1ad6ee9ff4196b027919d844.webp?v=1765002587","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/a-long-shadow-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}