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Charles Todd
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Author of the Ian Rutledge Series, Bess Crawford Series and many more.
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 1d
Chirp Mega Series Sale!
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Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries
by Charles Todd
Somehow, the past keeps catching up with Inspector Ian Rutledge in this "superb" historical mystery series (Lee Child) that "combines crisp plotting with stylish prose" (Booklist).
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 2d
Today is Guy Fawks (the 5th of November) day to celebrate the plot to blow up Westminster Palace iand King James I in 1605. Celebrated with bonfires, fireworks and burnt effigies of popular hate-figure from the plot. #Guy Fawks #GuyFawksNight #UK
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 3d
Recently many fans have asked about the Audio Version of A Christmas Witness. It is now available for sale at many retail outlets in addition to Amazon. #IanRutledge #AChristmasWitness #CharlesTodd
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 14d
Today in WWI: The Battle of Caporetto from October 24, to November 19, 1917: A terrible loss for Italy. 70,000 casualties and 265,000–275,000 captured. #WWI #Italy #UK
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 15d
#1 On Amazon under hard boiled mysteries!
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 17d
Today is Release Day for A Christmas Witness! At long last the wait is over!
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Joël Dicker, Wild Animal Translated by Robert Bononno (HarperVia) “Swiss novelist Dicker delivers a rollicking heist …
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 18d
On October 20, 1920 Agatha Christie published The Mysterious Affair at Styles and one can say her debut novel helped reshape the genre. #agathacristie #mystery #herculeproiot
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 22d
Remember The Importance of Being Earnest because it is Oscar Wilde’s Birthday 16 October 1854! “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” #oscarwilde #poet #humorist #playwrghit
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · 23d
Happy Birthday P. G. Wodehouse! Born on October 15, 1881, He was an English writer and humorists. His creations include the Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves; Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; #Jeeves

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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Oct 1
National Black Dog Day is celebrated annually on October 1st to encourage the adoption of dark-colored dogs from shelters and to combat Black Dog Syndrome. It also refers to Winston Churchill’s bad times. #blackdog
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Oct 1
Yom Kippur Greetings to our Jewish friends! Have an easy and meaningful fast.
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 29
Happy Birthday Norman Colin Dexter OBE! (29 September 1930) was acrime writer known for his Inspector Morse series between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Morse, from 1987 to 2000. #inspectormorse #dexter

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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 26
Happy Birthday T. S. Eliot! Born this day in 1888, The 1948 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Highly distinguished as a poet, a literary critic, a dramatist, an editor, and a publisher. He was fond Wordsworth! Worth reading more! #tseliot #author #poet
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 26
Today in WWI! On September 26, 1918 The Meuse–Argonne offensivethe Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I. Casualties: Allies 192,000, Imperial German 128.000
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 25
Today in WWI: The Battle of Loos took place from 25 September to 8 October 1915 in France on the Western Front, during the First World War. It was the biggest British attack of 1915, the first time that the British used poison gas. #Kitchner #WWI #UK
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 25
The joy of opening the first box of A Christmas Witness, due for release Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Available for preorder at your local independent mystery book seller and bookstores everywhere. #AChristmasWitness #IanRutledge
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 23
Shanah tovah! Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the civil year, (September 22-25, 2025) according to the teachings of Judaism, and is the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve,as well as the initiation of humanity's role in God's world. #Judiasim #roshhashanah
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 22
Thank you Mysterious Press!
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Penzler Publishers @penzlerpublishers.bsky.social · Sep 22
Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a copy of @charlestodauthor.bsky.social's festive new installment of the Ian Rutledge series, out next mont!

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Book giveaway for A Christmas Witness (Inspector Ian Rutledge) by Charles Todd Sep 21-Oct 21, 2025
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 21-Oct 21, 2025. Enter to win this lovingly evoked postwar idyll (Kirkus), a spe...
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 21
Happy Birthday Stephen King! A talented author who speaks to the darkness in us all. #StephenKing #Horror #Mystery #Thriller
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Sep 15
Happy Birthday Agatha Christie! The maven of mystery and a favorite of ours. During WWI there was an influx of Belgian's from the German invasion. The only good thing to come from that was it inspired Hercule Poirot! #agathachristie #mystery #herculepoirot
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Aug 28
Today is the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s. march in Washington DC in 1963. This was when he gave the I Have a Dream Speech, 62 years ago.
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Aug 26
Today in WWI, The Battle of Tannenberg, 23 and 30 August 1914. In battle encirclement and destruction of the Russian Second Army. Russian losses can reach 120,219, including 5,522 killed, 12,326 wounded and 75,435 missing. 26,936 #WWI #Germany #Rusia
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Aug 24
SALE The Cliff's Edge [Large Print) Book #13 in the Bess Crawford Series)
By Charles Todd $10.09 Save $25.91! List Price $36.00. Thrift Books has sales on many of the Bess Crawford series! Some may enjoy this Large Print Version! Bess Crawford #14 coming soon!
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Bess Crawford Book Series
Find the complete Bess Crawford book series by Charles Todd. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Free US shipping on orders over $15.
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Charles Todd @charlestodauthor.bsky.social · Aug 23
"Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed" the official anthology for the 2025 World Mystery Convention, Bouchercon, published by Down & Out Books. A collection of short stories by Charles Todd featuring Bess Crawford and various authors.
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Bouchercon Anthology 2025 Limited Edition Hardcover!
Presenting 24 mesmerizing tales of mystery by Jeff Ayers, Eric Beckstrom, Jayne Belmont, Don Bruns, Reef Farrel Coleman, Larry S. Evans II, Michael Ferreter, Barry Fulton, John Gilstrap, Heather Graha...
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