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A Christmas Witness by Charles Todd

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No Shred of Evidence, February 2016
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A Pattern of Lies, August 2015
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A Fine Summer's Day, January 2015
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An Unwilling Accomplice, August 2014
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A Lonely Death, January 2011
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An Impartial Witness, September 2010
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The Red Door, January 2010
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A Matter Of Justice, January 2009
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A False Mirror, January 2008
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A False Mirror, January 2007
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A Test of Wills, January 2007
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A Cold Treachery, August 2005
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Legacy of the Dead, June 2001
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A CHRISTMAS WITNESS
By: Charles Todd

Inspector Ian Rutledge #4
Mysterious Press
November 2025
On Sale: October 21, 2025
216 pages
ISBN: 1613166893
EAN: 9781613166895
Kindle: B0DY28L32P
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Mystery Hard Boiled

Inspector Ian Rutledge investigates a possible attempted murder in this seasonal mystery novella from New York Times bestseller Charles Todd.

 

December 1921: Being single and a new Chief, Inspector Rutledge of Scotland Yard gets the short straw at Christmastime and is called upon by Chief Superintendent Markum to go to the Kentish home of a lord recovering from an attempt on his life. In bed with a concussion, the man is convinced someone is trying to kill him after he claims he was struck by the hoof of a running horse whose rider never stopped to check on him.

Struggling with his own demons from the war and misgivings about helping a man who, as a colonel, oversaw the suffering of those on the frontlines from afar, Rutledge undertakes an uneasy investigation. And as the winter holiday approaches, he becomes increasingly convinced that nothing is as it seems…

Ian Rutledge

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A TEST OF WILLS
#1.0 โ€ข January 2007
Search the Dark
SEARCH THE DARK
#3.0 โ€ข May 2000
A Christmas Witness
A CHRISTMAS WITNESS
#4.0 โ€ข November 2025
Hunting Shadows
HUNTING SHADOWS
#16.0 โ€ข February 2014
A Fine Summer's Day
A FINE SUMMER'S DAY
#17.0 โ€ข January 2015
No Shred of Evidence
NO SHRED OF EVIDENCE
#18.0 โ€ข February 2016
Racing the Devil
RACING THE DEVIL
#19.0 โ€ข February 2017
The Gate Keeper
THE GATE KEEPER
#20.0 โ€ข February 2018
The Black Ascot
THE BLACK ASCOT
#21.0 โ€ข February 2019
A Divided Loyalty
A DIVIDED LOYALTY
#22.0 โ€ข February 2020
A Fatal Lie
A FATAL LIE
#23.0 โ€ข February 2021
A Game of Fear
A GAME OF FEAR
#24.0 โ€ข February 2022
A Day of Judgment
A DAY OF JUDGMENT
#25.0 โ€ข March 2026

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