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''Charles Todd'' is a pen name used by the American authors Caroline and Charles Todd. This mother-and-son writing team lives in the eastern United States, in North Carolina and Delaware respectively. The authors are best known for a series of novels, set in post World War I England. 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. However, he must keep his greatest burden a secret: suffering from shell shock, he lives with the constant, cynical, taunting voice of Hamish MacLeod, a young Scots soldier he was forced to execute on the battlefield for refusing an order. They are also the authors of a series about Bess Crawford, a nurse serving in France during World War I. ==Recognition == *''A Test of Wills'' (1996) – was nominated for the John Creasey Award in the United Kingdom; other nominations are the Edgar Award,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best First Novel Edgar Award )〕 an Anthony,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anthony Award Nominees and Winners )〕 and the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Dilys Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dilys Award )〕 The work won the Barry Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1997 Best first Novel Barry Award )〕 from the Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association named ''A Test of Wills'' one of the 100 favorite mysteries of the 20th Century,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Booksellers’ 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century )〕 and it received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. *''Wings of Fire'' (1998) – received a nomination for the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Dilys Award〔 and was shortlisted for first Ellis Peters Mystery Award in the United Kingdom *''Legacy of the Dead'' (2000) – received an Anthony Award nomination.〔 *''An Unmarked Grave'' (2012) – received an Agatha Award nomination for Best Historical Novel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Agatha Awards )〕 *''A Question of Honor'' (2013) – won the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caroline and Charles Todd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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