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In 1912 Ian Rutledge observed as a man was condemned to hold for the murders of elderly women. Rutledge helped gather the evidence that sent Ben Shaw to the gallows. So when justice was done, Rutledge finished the door on the truth. But Shaw had not been easily neglected. Now, seven years later, that grim trial dividends by means of Ben Shaw's widow Nell, getting Rutledge evidence she is convinced will prove her husband's innocence. It's a idea fraught with peril, threatening both Rutledge's professional stature and his trust in his common sense. But there is a darker reason behind Rutledge's reluctance. Murder brings him back again to Kent where, days previously, he'd glimpsed an all-too-familiar face beyond the leaping flames of an bonfire. Soon an unexpected encounter revives the end of his own war, as the united states prepares for a somber commemoration on the wedding anniversary of the Armistice. To battle the unsettled past and the haunted present at the same time can be an appalling mandate. Plus the people around him - Among them the attractive widow of a friend, a remarkable female who survived the fantastic Indian Mutiny; a bitter, dying barrister; and a man whose name he never knew - unwittingly contend with the grieving Nell Shaw. They'll demand more than Rutledge can provide, unaware that he's already carrying the responsibility of shell distress, and the speech of Hamish MacLeod, the soldier he was obligated to do in the war. The killer in Marling is remarkably adept at escaping detection. And Ben Shaw's past is a tangle of unsettling secrets which could or may well not be true. Rutledge must walk a tortuous lines between two murderers...one reaching out to spoil him, the other powered to kill him.
