What Fiction are you reading this week, July 3, 2022?

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8. "Legacy of the Dead" by Charles Todd (Rutledge 4)(Spoiler Alert)

Thanks for the thread, hermetic.

This was my first Inspector Rutledge book, so I got the earliest one my library had (copyright 2000). I've read positive reviews on this DU thread and elsewhere, so I thought I'd give one a try. Set in 1919 Scotland and England, it was a unique setting which I enjoyed. The mystery was complicated and I couldn't begin to guess who-done-it. Rutledge hearing the voice in his head was interesting for the first 50 or so pages, but then became a distraction. The accused woman being Hamish's fiancée was a one-in-a-half-million shot. The father of the boy being Rutledge's childhood friend was a second one-in-a-half-million shot. The ending was like a TV cliffhanger ending: Rutledge is moments away from bleeding to death nowhere near a hospital (plus many unanswered questions). What happened to Fiona and the boy? Was it proven that Holden was responsible for everything? Etc. It may be awhile before I try another Rutledge book.