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No Shred of Evidence
- An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this absorbing new entry in the acclaimed New York Times best-selling series, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is caught up in a twisted web of vengeance and murder.
On the north coast of Cornwall, an apparent act of mercy is repaid by an arrest for murder. Four young women have been accused of the crime. A shocked father calls in a favor at the Home Office. Scotland Yard is asked to review the case.
However, Inspector Ian Rutledge is not the first inspector to reach the village. Following in the shoes of a dead man, he is told the case is all but closed. Even as it takes an unexpected personal turn, Rutledge will require all his skill to deal with the incensed families of the accused, the grieving parents of the victim, and local police eager to see these four women sent to the infamous Bodmin Gaol. Then why hasn't the killing stopped?
With no shred of evidence to clear the accused, Rutledge must plunge deep into the darkest secrets of a wild, beautiful, and dangerous place if he is to find a killer who may - or may not - hold the key to their fate.
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- Robert
- 02-20-16
This Inspector Rutledge audio is outstanding!
The latest Inspector Rutledge novel with Simon Prebble's narration is outstanding!
As most audio book readers (listeners) realize, there are not many good writers of "police procedural" novels and even fewer of the very important good narrations.
The Inspector Ian Rutledge series by Charles Todd (pen name for the mother-and-son writing team of Charles and Caroline Todd) is unique for the police procedural genre. The entry in Wekipedia says it best -"The books deal with the cases of Inspector Ian Rutledge, a veteran of the European campaigns who is attempting to pick up the pieces of his Scotland Yard career." In my opinion they are not the typical "who done it" story lines, but more of a what it was like to be a Scotland Yard detective in post World War I Britain tasked with assignments of assisting local police to confirm their suspicions and finding himself having to prove who didn't do it. This latest novel, "No Shred of Evidence", a perfect example.
As with all the novels in this series, Rutledge has to work without benefit of forensics. He must rely on information gleaned from others the most difficult of which is the local aristocracy, who at that time looked down on "the police" and were loathed to cooperate in any investigation that might create any scandal. That and his gut feel, which is expressed in the form of the voice of Hamish Macbeth, a corporal that he was required to execute during the battle of the Somme. A duty that has haunted him ever since.
The first nine novels in the series were narrated by Samuel Gillies. I would rate his narration at 4 stars. For the next nine novels, Simon Prebble took over. His narration goes beyond the typical narrator's reading and is what I consider to be a 5 star performance. Prebble's talent and skill puts him in a class with very few other audio book narrators. As I listen to Prebble's performance, I actually feel transported to the scenes and actions in the novel and become a bystander.
For me, the plot really becomes secondary and it's the details of the scenes, penned by Charles Todd and Prebble's performance that make it all so very entertaining. The two worst words being "The End."
Although in my review of "Proof of Guilt" (#15 in the series) I rated it the best of a great series, I now think that this latest novel "No Shred of Evidence" (#18) is the very best. Having listened to all 18 at least twice, picking the best is not easy.
This series is very chronological, so from that point of view the reader (listener) should probably start with #1 "A Test of Wills", although the Todd team wrote a pre-quel "A Fine Summer's Day" that was released 01/06/15 (#17). It is about Inspector Rutledge before he went off to war in 1914. That novel was narrated by Steven Crossley, which is the only one in the series that he narrated. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Prebble returned to perform the narration of this current release.
Incidentally, Prebble has narrated over 500 books since "retiring", in 1990, to the US from an acting and narration career in Britain and in 2010 he was awarded the coveted Audie.
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- Sweetwilliam
- 02-20-16
Charles Todd never disappoints
Every book in this series is masterfully done. This may be my favorite. From the opening scene to the end we are carefully taken through a captivating journey.
I highly recommend this series.
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- GrandmaG
- 03-26-16
An extremely satisfying listening experience!!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely. Especially if my friend enjoys this genre.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes.
Any additional comments?
This series has been one of my favorites, along with Anne Perry's "Charlotte & Thomas Pitt" series, & "William Monk". I am also a fan of Jacqueline Winspear's "Maisie Dobbs" series. These are great mysteries, and to me, they are proof that superior contemporary writing is still available without being trashy. BRAVO!! I'm seriously considering going back and re-listening to the entire series! I avoid books with vulgar language, explicit sexual situations, or gossipy, catty women.
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- Glenda
- 02-28-16
More, more, more!!!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Without hesitation. I wish he could write faster!
Who was your favorite character and why?
The inspector of course
What about Simon Prebble’s performance did you like?
He's able to do male and female voices without sounding extreme
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I love this series. It always seems to tug at my heart strings.
Any additional comments?
I love that it's written during a time period when people still had manners and being polite was a good thing.
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- J. Burns
- 02-21-16
Excellent
The only negative? Waiting for the next Inspector Rutledge installment. Hopefully it's already in the works.
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- Carole T.
- 07-15-16
A Woman's "Place" after the War
Ian Rutledge mysteries offer so much. The police work is interesting in reminding us how far forensics have come since the 1920s. Descriptions of post-WWI England with all the disillusionment and pain are particularly vivid in Todd's work. And character Hamish, whom we get to know so well, adds a unique element. Consequently, the people and the atmosphere in these books often matter as much or even more than the actual mystery puzzle.
"No Shred of Evidence" adds another feature: it highlights the plight of upper class young women. They have been through a horrible war and the personal loss of so many brothers and sweethearts. They've risen to the challenge of filling in on the home front in family and business capacities for men away at war and as nurses. Yet they are still - or again - relatively helpless daughters of men. Restricted so by their gender and class, they tend to fall into stereotypical categories: hysterical, plucky, helpless. They are defined by the positions and temperaments of their fathers and are judged warily and often dismissively by police.
It's good to see Ian Rutledge continuing the slow emergence from his shaken physical and mental state and encountering a young woman from his past. She seems to give him more perspective on the betrayal of his ex-financee and wake him up to the possibility of further future healing. I look forward to her potential role in upcoming additions to the series.
And Hamish, it seems, continues the change in role from a nearly unbearable torture mechanism for Ian to the more appreciated and valuable sort of "third eye" or enhancing instinct which can help a policeman so much. This is a thoughtful and totally appropriate progression to keep the Rutledge series from getting stuck in the original - sometimes paralyzing - concept of Ian's guilty feelings about his place in (and survival of) the war.
The series continues to be one which offers solid mystery with lots of worthwhile extras. I hope the mother/son team of Charles Todd continues to explore this fascinating world and that Simon Prebble comes along as excellent narrator.
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- Sarah
- 07-10-16
Superb Production
Another great Ian Rutledge mystery. There is much tension between the charge against four young 'well-bred' women and what you are pretty sure actually happened from the beginning, although there is some doubt as to the details of the event.
I was a little confused about the ending - it seemed as if Rutledge was willing to give up on finding the whole truth since he was satisfied justice was done. He always says it is not his job to determine guilt or innocence, just to uncover the facts and evidence, but in this one he seems to be willing to make the leap to judgement.
I have listened to all the audiobooks in this series at least once, most of them twice. As with all of them, the details of life in post World War I Britain are at least half the enjoyment.
I look forward to the next installment in the series. If you have not listened to any of them yet, I recommend you being with the first book, after which I'm sure you will be hooked if you love a good British detective mystery.
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- mariah c. perkins
- 04-15-16
Simone prebble!!!!
What an incredible reading. I want to listen to all of Mr. Prebbles narrations!
This was my first Charles Todd, and I enjoyed it ever so much! I will be reading/listening to many more!
Thanks Audible!
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- Kelly J. Grace
- 04-08-16
Another Winner!
Is it possible that each new offering from Todd is better than the last? Simon Prebble is an exceptional narrator. His voice is the perfect vehicle for conveying the atmosphere and undercurrents that mark an Ian Rutledge story. I simply can't wait for the next one :)
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- R. Pontiflet
- 03-04-20
Ian Rutledge With A Different Twist ...
.... A different mentality ... Did he let at least one person off the hook for lying? I think he did and most listener's probably will agree. Listeners know from the very beginning what the truth is and we know that the lie paves the way for the story to become fully developed. This is a great story that almost got downgraded by me because the drawn out plot was too long in revealing who, why and how the murderer was connected to the victims. I suspend my disbelief in most, if not all, novels of fiction, and I tried very hard with this novel. Especially since I know I'm reading about the victorian era. And we have evolved such a long way from that time period. However, with this novel I had to keep reminding myself of that fact when it came to how the central character women told their side of the story and they knew they were being charged with murder! It seemed that they told it in drips and drabs. There was too much "I didn't know what happened" and "I don't remember". I guess they never thought that they would be considered murders due to their status in society. Well, Rutledge had to pull a "Houdini type hat trick" to get the lying culprit to set the record straight .. While I understand the methods used in the Rutledge novels, for some reason I couldn't get pass it in this one. Maybe because the charges were so serious. I plan to listen to this story again a few months down the road because it is a good story and also because I've run out of of Rutledge stories narrated by Simon Prebble! I've tried to listen stories narrated by the other narrators, but can't get pass one or two chapters.
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- Rogayah
- 03-14-16
Row, row your boat
The gentle boating expedition turns into a nightmare when the four young women in the boat, trying to rescue a drowning man, are accused of attempted murder. Rutledge is sent to Cornwall to replace another detective who died. He arrives and finds one of the women is Kate, cousin of his pre-war betrothed. Can he keep them out of prison while he tries to untangle the truth from the lies while the number of dead and injured seem to be mounting on this quiet Cornish estuary?
It is surprising to realise that this is the 1920s; there is still very basic medical care from doctors with no hospitals or x-ray machines and other things we now take for granted like telephones or motor cars are not commonplace either.
With no shred of evidence and the initial statements lost, his problems seem insuperable. Can he find any evidence to overturn the accusation and save the women? Nail-biting to the end.
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- Gill
- 03-09-16
Good story
As always, great story, narrated very well, by Simon Prebble. Looking forward to next book
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- Nana Chris
- 08-01-16
Cracking story brilliant narrator
Wasn't expecting too much but was very surprised. I couldn't stop listening. The narrator did an excellent job and made the characters come alive. If you like old fashioned who dunnit mysteries you will like this. Thoroughly enjoyable listen.