A Long Shadow

In "A Test of Wills," Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge navigates the haunting aftermath of World War I while investigating a peculiar case in a small Northamptonshire village. On New Year's Eve 1919, he discovers a brass cartridge casing on a friend's doorstep, leading him to an unsettling mystery involving a local constable shot with a bow and arrow and the long-unsolved disappearance of a young girl. As Rutledge delves into the village’s secrets and confronts his own psychological battle, he finds himself pursued by an unseen stalker, forcing him to maintain his fragile sanity while seeking the truth.