<p>“One of the best historical series being written today.”<br />—<em>Washington Post</em></p><p>“Todd once and for all establishes the shell-shocked Rutledge as the genre’s most complex and fascinating detective.”<br />—<em>Entertainment Weekly</em></p><p><em>The Confession</em> is historical crime fiction at its finest, continuing Charles Todd’s <em>New York Times</em> bestselling mystery series featuring severely damaged British World War I veteran, and yet still astonishingly efficient Scotland Yard inspector, Ian Rutledge. Todd’s troubled investigator wrestles with a startling and dangerous case that reaches far into the past when a false confession from a man who is not who he claims to be leads to a brutal murder. <em>The Confession</em> is a must-read for every fan of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, and Jacqueline Winspear, as post-war London’s best detective finds himself ensnared in a dark and deadly investigation that unearths shocking small town secrets dating back more than a century. <br /></p>