A review by judyward
A Matter of Justice by Charles Todd

4.0

This is the 11th book in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series and the books just keep getting better. I'm in awe of this mother-son writing team who live in two different states and who continue to produce such well-written mysteries set in post World War I England. Revenge is, indeed, a dish best served cold and Inspector Ian Rutledge has the difficult task of discovering who killed Harold Quarles. It seems that everyone in the village hated him (including his wife), but most residents said that while they would like to see him dead, he wasn't worth being hanged for. Rutledge has to solve a case with roots going back to the Boer War twenty years before while his mind is still being haunted by Hamish, a soldier that he ordered executed in the trenches in France. An excellent read.