A review by roshk99
Search the Dark: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery by Charles Todd

Inspector Rutledge's dialogues with Hamish (the voice of his dead friend that travels with him) can get a big tiresome, but the thing that stood out to me in this book is the lack of actual detecting. Inspector Rutledge just seems to drive around, have meaningless conversations with the four people he decided (arbitrarily) were important to the case, and then happen upon the murderer pretty much be accident. The murderer then decides to take the time to unburden their innermost thoughts calmly over a series of pages and then is peacefully taken into custody. Reminds me of a Midsomer Murder where instead of Barnaby and his sidekick, it is Rutledge and Hamish. Still, it is an entertaining read as a view into English village life and the complex personal lives of the village inhabitants.