Melissa E. (englishmaven) - , reviewed on 3/18/2020 + 31 more book reviews

I enjoyed the prose in this second book of the Inspector Rutledge series by Charles Todd. I thought the language poetic--CTodd probably did that on purpose since the story line is based on the suicide of a famous poet and her brother.

Rutledge hears the voice of a Scotsman that he executed during the Great War. Hamish helps him to solve the murders of a small child that took place years ago and to solve the more recent murder of a fellow soldier.

I gave the story 4 stars because I really had trouble staying with it. Perhaps it was the poetic language or the events surrounding the Coronavirus that kept me from enjoying it as much as I feel that I should.

You do need to read the first story in the series to really appreciate this story.

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