Watchers of Time
Chapters (36)
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Praise
- CHAPTER 1 - SEPTEMBER 1919
- CHAPTER 2 - OCTOBER 1919
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- CHAPTER 12
- CHAPTER 13
- CHAPTER 14
- CHAPTER 15
- CHAPTER 16
- CHAPTER 17
- CHAPTER 18
- CHAPTER 19
- CHAPTER 20
- CHAPTER 21
- CHAPTER 22
- CHAPTER 23
- CHAPTER 24
- CHAPTER 25
- CHAPTER 26
- CHAPTER 27
- CHAPTER 28
- CHAPTER 29
- A FEARSOME DOUBT
- About the Author
- ALSO BY CHARLES TODD
- Copyright Page
Title Page
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Praise
CHAPTER 1 - SEPTEMBER 1919
CHAPTER 2 - OCTOBER 1919
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
A FEARSOME DOUBT
About the Author
ALSO BY CHARLES TODD
Copyright Page
Dedication
For Elayne K. McCullough—
For whom traveling the world was a joyous adventure
And whose friendship was a treasured gift.
And for Bill and her family, who brought her so much
happiness.
Bon voyage . . .
Praise
Praise for the novels of Charles Todd
WATCHERS OF TIME
“A COMPELLING MYSTERY RICH WITH DEPTH AND SHADING.”
— The Washington Post Book World
“A SPOT-ON RECREATION OF THE 1919 PERIOD, SOME WILY USE OF THE TITANIC TRAGEDY AND VILLAGERS’ XENOPHOBIA, AND THE MOST PERSISTENT PLAGUING BY A GHOST SINCE MACBETH. TODD FANS WILL QUEUE UP FOR THIS ONE.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“COMPELLING . . . PSYCHOLOGICALLY ASTUTE.”
—Publishers Weekly
“POIGNANTLY MOVING AND SUSPENSEFUL . . . THIS IS A SERIES THAT ONLY GROWS STRONGER AS IT GOES ALONG.”
—Romantic Times
LEGACY OF THE DEAD
“ELOQUENT . . . RICH.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“TIGHTLY WORKED, POIGNANT . . . A MOST MOVING STORY.”
— Booknews from The Poisoned Pen
“A RICH, COMPLEX NOVEL INTELLIGENTLY WRITTEN AND VERY AFFECTING.”
—The Purloined Letter
“IMMENSELY INTRIGUING . . . A FINE, UNIQUE, AND MOVING MYSTERY.”
—Booklist
“POWERFUL.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“SUPERB . . . CLAIM[S] OUR INTEREST AND HOLD[S] US FAST UNTIL THE LAST CHILLING PAGE.”
—Romantic Times
“READERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CAPTIVATED BY TODD’S PORTRAIT OF THE DANGEROUSLY UNRAVELING DETECTIVE, AND HIS EQUALLY INCISIVE EVOCATION OF THE GRIEVING POSTWAR WORLD.”
—Publishers Weekly
“MUCH MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE MYSTERY.”
—Mystery Lovers Bookshop News
A TEST OF WILLS
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
“TODD GIVES US A SUPERB CHARACTERIZATION OF A MAN WHOSE WOUNDS HAVE MADE HIM INTO A STRANGER IN HIS OWN LAND, AND A DISTURBING PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY INTOLERANT OF ALL STRANGERS.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“TODD DEPICTS THE OUTER AND INNER WORLDS OF HIS CHARACTERS WITH AUTHORITY AND SYMPATHY AS HE CLOSES IN ON HIS SURPRISING —AND CONVINCING—CONCLUSION.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL CARNAGE IN WORLD WAR I IS USED TO REMARKABLE EFFECT.”
—Chicago Tribune
SEARCH THE DARK
“TODD WORKS . . . VOLATILE ELEMENTS INTO A REMARKABLE VILLAGE MYSTERY . . . DRIVEN BY CHARACTERS OF GREAT PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“TODD’S IAN RUTLEDGE MYSTERIES ARE AMONG THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND AFFECTING BEING WRITTEN THESE DAYS.”
—The Washington Post Book World
WINGS OF FIRE
“[TODD WRAPS] HIS CHALLENGING PLOT, COMPLEX CHARACTERS, AND SUBTLE PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS IN THICK LAYERS OF ATMOSPHERE.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“A STRONG MYSTERY, FILLED WITH FINE CHARACTERIZATIONS [AND] A SUPERB EYE FOR CORNWALL . . . WISE AND WILY.”
—The Boston Globe
CHAPTER 1 - SEPTEMBER 1919
CHAPTER 1
SEPTEMBER 1919
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