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jenmcgee 's review for:
A Test of Wills
by Charles Todd
A fascinating premise--a British WWI veteran returns from the trenches suffering from vicious shell shock and tries to reclaim his life as a detective. The book is a lovely psychological study that left me curious to know more about the main character--I see he has nine other books, so I might delve into them as well.
I'm not a big mystery fan, so I'm not the best judge of that side of the story. The book features a wonderfully vivid cast of interesting characters, but a couple of the twists I spotted far too early (I suspect they were meant to be obvious in order to be red herrings) and the actual solution came out of left field entirely. There were some clues, and it certainly fit thematically, but I don't particularly see how anyone could have put that one together. Still, it was very enjoyable and interesting and I'd like to read some more about Ian Rutledge.
I'm not a big mystery fan, so I'm not the best judge of that side of the story. The book features a wonderfully vivid cast of interesting characters, but a couple of the twists I spotted far too early (I suspect they were meant to be obvious in order to be red herrings) and the actual solution came out of left field entirely. There were some clues, and it certainly fit thematically, but I don't particularly see how anyone could have put that one together. Still, it was very enjoyable and interesting and I'd like to read some more about Ian Rutledge.