A Long Shadow
About this book
It's New Year's Eve, 1919. Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge has accompanied his sister to the home of mutual friends for dinner but gets a call from the office and has to leave. On the steps outside, he sees a brass cartridge casing, like countless others he's seen during the war. But this one has an engraving in the metal. Curious, he pockets it.Soon after, Rutledge is on the southern coast of England helping the local police capture a murderer. Work done, on a whim he drives along the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic and takes a walk out on the headland. Returning to his car, he finds another engraved cartridge casing on the driver's seat. He's been followed.The cartridge casing seems to point to the war and unfinished business there. To stay alive in the face of an unknown and unseen adversary, Rutledge is pressed to the limits of his skills. He's the prey. But who is the hunter?
Reader Profile
4.4/5 · 140 readers · 368 pages · ≈ 6 h 49 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read A Long Shadow?
About ≈ 6 h 49 m — 368 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is A Long Shadow?
368 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is A Long Shadow?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is A Long Shadow in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does A Long Shadow take place?
It is set in Great Britain.
Who wrote A Long Shadow?
Charles Todd (1950–0).