A review by volare
A Long Shadow by Charles Todd

4.0

I enjoy the Inspector Rutledge series very much. I wish there was some way of incorporating it into history lessons because I feel it gives such an excellent description of trench warfare and the waste and tragedy of all wars. It also allows us to gain insight into the pain and suffering that returning soldiers experience. I am sure the pain is as bad for those in 1918 as it is today, as taking life in war is not easy for soldiers to reconcile.

I am beginning to wonder when Rutledge will be assigned a case in London and I'm curious as to why Bowles feels so much animosity and dislike for him but I'm sure those items will be addressed in subsequent instalments in the series and when they are, I fear the series will draw to a close.

I will continue to enjoy reading through them in the meantime.