Search the Dark

About the book

In his exceptional mysteries, Charles Todd goes beyond the traditional boundaries of the genre to present us with stories rooted in the fundamental purpose of all good fiction--to explore and contemplate the many facets of human nature.

SEARCH THE DARK is the most recent installment in his post-World War I series featuring Inspector Ian Rutledge, a detective haunted by his war experiences, who is tasked with finding two missing children in a small Dorset town. The body of a woman, believed to be their mother, has been discovered, and a mentally unstable veteran is the prime suspect. This veteran claims to have seen his wife and children on a railway platform in the town, despite being told they perished in a bombing raid by the enemy.

Confronted by a darkness even deeper than his own inner demons, Rutledge is driven by both his own haunting past and his relentless inner voice, Hamish, to pursue answers beyond his official mandate. Is the man in custody truly guilty of murder? If not, then who is responsible? And the burning question that consumes both Rutledge and his superiors: What has happened to the missing children?

In this poignant and suspenseful novel, Todd weaves a narrative so captivating that he is certain to captivate his existing fans and draw new readers to discover the first two books in the series.