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Charles Todd’s critically-acclaimed books featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge have already been praised by The Washington Post Book World as “one of the greatest old series being created today.” The New York Times Book Review calls Todd’s mysteries “meticulously wrought,traumatic mental drama.” Today he stakes out new territory in this enchanting stand alone story of 1 woman’s dim trip through family infatuation, wartime strategies, and a relaxing legacy.…The Homicide StoneThe Great Battle continues to be raging in the fall of 1916, when Francesca Hatton’s cherished grandpa dies to the family property in England’s remote Exe Area. Grieving for the person who raised her, Francesca is surprised to locate an unsigned notice among their descendants, cursing the Hattons and his results. Now a stranger indicates on her doorstep, blaming her grandpa to be a killer. Ex-soldier Rich Leighton blames Francis Hatton for the demise of his mom, who disappeared almost a quarter of a hundred years earlier.