How much I have enjoyed discovering this new series
Inspector Ian Rutledge of the Scotland Yard is a 1st World War Survivor
He has shell shock and while today's soldiers can admit to PTSD - at that time it appears to have been a cause of great shame
He has had to execute a Scotsman called Hamish because he refused to follow orders that would take his troop to a certain Death
Hamish is an inexorable part of his subconscious now and Inspector Ian Rutledge chats and discusses his cases with him ( how fascinating this is )
This mystery starts with the Boer War and a crime is committed by Harold Quarles
The Boers attack an English train -
They leave a number of English soldiers alive
Harold Quarles discovers that his train is actually carrying a large amount of currency
His greed is aroused - he decides to steal the money
But to do so he needs to kill the rest of his fellow men .. one of whom he literally leaves to burn alive in the train ( the train has to be burned so the army will not look for the money )
Harold Quarles returns to England and is canny enough to not spend his money in a showy fashion
But his old crime has a long shadow and he is found murdered in a bizarre fashion - suspended as an angel from the ceiling
Harold Quarles in universally despised and so this is a case with multiple suspects and many twists
Truly enjoyed this story !
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