Charles Todd

About Charles Todd

Charles Todd is the pseudonym used by the mother-and-son writing team of Caroline Todd and Charles Todd, best known for their two historical mystery series, both set during and immediately after World War I, the first about British Inspector Ian Rutledge, and the second about British war nurse Bess Crawford.

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Upcoming Titles

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  A Deadly Cost March 2, 2027

  In this fourteenth installment of Charles Todd’s beloved Bess Crawford mystery series, the wartime nurse investigates the disappearance of an old friend. With the Great War finally behind her, Bess Crawford has stepped away from her duties with Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, ready to embrace whatever lies ahead. But peace proves short-lived when the troubling news reaches her that a dear friend has vanished. Elayne—once Bess’s flatmate and trusted confidante during the war—had seemed poised for a bright and happy future.

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Earlier Books

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  A Fine Summer's Day January 6, 2015

  New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd takes readers into Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge’s past—to his perplexing final case before the outbreak of World War I. On a fine summer’s day in June, 1914, Ian Rutledge pays little notice to the assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo. An Inspector at Scotland Yard, he is planning to propose to the woman whom he deeply loves, despite intimations from friends and family that she may not be the wisest choice.

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  An Unwilling Accomplice August 12, 2014

  World War I Battlefield nurse Bess Crawford’s career is in jeopardy when a murder is committed on her watch, in this absorbing and atmospheric historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd. Home on leave, Bess Crawford is asked to accompany a wounded soldier confined to a wheelchair to Buckingham Palace, where he’s to be decorated by the King. The next morning when Bess goes to collect Wilkins, he has vanished. Both the Army and the nursing service hold Bess negligent for losing the war hero, and there will be an inquiry.

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  Proof of Guilt January 29, 2013

  Late on a quiet Chelsea street, an unidentified man in gentleman’s clothing is found dead, seemingly struck down by a motorcar. The lack of tracks in the dust suggests he was brought there after dying elsewhere. Could a discarded corpse be a warning to someone living nearby? A valuable gold pocket watch leads Rutledge to the wine import business of French, French & Traynor, whose head has vanished from Essex. Will the discovery of the missing merchant’s damaged motorcar unmask the killer before another life is taken? In Stratford St. Hilary, family secrets run deep.

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  An Unmarked Grave June 5, 2012 View on Amazon: An Unmarked Grave
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  The Confession January 3, 2012 View on Amazon: The Confession
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  Ian Rutledge 2010 View on Amazon: Ian Rutledge
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  A Duty to the Dead August 25, 2009 View on Amazon: A Duty to the Dead
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  A Test of Wills 1998 View on Amazon: A Test of Wills

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