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    Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford

    By Charles Todd

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    Now published together for the first time: Charles Todd's absorbing short stories—"The Kidnapping," "The Girl on the Beach," "Cold Comfort," and "The Maharani's Pearls"—featuring everyone's favorite Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge and intrepid battlefield nurse Bess Crawford. These vibrant tales transport readers from the home front in Great Britain where ominous clouds of war will soon lead to the trenches of France, to the bloody front lines where Lieutenant Rutledge must risk his life to save his men. And finally to the exotic, dangerous India of Bess Crawford's youth. Together they create a fascinating glimpse into the extraordinary backgrounds of two of mystery's most popular characters.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJul 21, 2015
    ISBN9780062443755
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    Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford
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    Charles Todd

    Charles Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawford mysteries, and two stand-alone novels. A mother-and-son writing team, Caroline passed away in August 2021 and Charles lives in Florida.

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    • 4/5
      A good introduction into these two good series, set in the same period but quite diverse in their choice of protagonists.
    • 3/5
      This author — actually a mother-son writing team — has two ongoing series, both set in the time period during and immediately following World War I. This book contains two short stories from each series, featuring military nurse Bess Crawford and Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, respectively. I read the first full-length Bess Crawford novel a few years ago, and thought it was fine but not compelling enough to continue the series. On the other hand, I've read and enjoyed every one of the novels featuring Ian Rutledge, finding him a much more compelling character. None of these short stories changed either of those opinions.The Kidnapping — It's 1920, and Inspector Rutledge is drawn into investigating a kidnapping that has just happened: A man is returning from a dinner party with his young daughter when they are set upon by a trio of strangers, who attack the father and take the little girl with them. The entire case, from crime to capture, happens in the space of a single evening.The Girl on the Beach — World War I is underway, and nurse Crawford is on a short leave in Sussex when she stumbles on the body of a young woman on the beach. The local police don't appreciate having a mere nurse, and a woman at that, offering her deductive reasoning skills, but she ends up solving the case anyway. Whatever.Cold Comfort — Lieutenant Rutledge is supervising the placement of explosives in a tunnel under German lines at the front when he's confronted with vague evidence that two of the men under his charge may be trying the kill one of their fellow soldiers. When a demolition attempt goes awry and nearly blows Rutledge and Private Williams sky-high, he's determined to get to the bottom of it before it's too late.The Maharani's Pearls — The prequel of all prequels. Bess is 10 years old, living with her parents in India, where her father is some kind of muckety-muck in the British colonial force. A plot to overthrow the Maharajah can only be thwarted because nosy Bess is where she shouldn't be and passes along information to her father and his batman, who don't seem to hesitate at all before initiating a military action solely on the word of a precocious 10-year-old. Double whatever.There's also a two-chapter excerpt from a full-length Bess Crawford novel, [A Pattern of Lies], which I read to see if maybe my initials impressions of the character and the series had been mistaken. Nope. The main problem, I think, is that Bess is just a very boring character, with no personal quirks to make her stand out or to make readers identify with her. The books aren't bad, but they are to me very boring, which is something a mystery series should never be.In contrast, Rutledge is a clearly drawn character with a compelling personal story and interior dialogue that caught my attention from the first book. Even so, these two shorts are pretty standard and don't do much to advance any understanding of the character for me. I don't mind having read them, but you won't have missed much if you choose to skip them.