Charles Todd

Charles Todd is the pen name of American mother-and-son writing team Caroline and Charles Todd, who together have written numerous bestselling mystery novels set during and after the First World War. Their Inspector Ian Rutledge series features a shell-shocked Scotland Yard detective investigating crimes in post-war England while haunted by the ghost of a soldier he was forced to execute. Their Bess Crawford series follows a courageous military nurse through the battlefields and home front of the Great War. A Christmas Witness is part of their body of work, combining the atmosphere and social dynamics of the post-war period with clever mystery plotting. The Todd partnership has been praised for its meticulous period research and the psychological depth of its protagonists. Available as both books and audiobooks, Charles Todd's mysteries offer immersive listening and reading for fans of historical crime fiction who appreciate the intersection of war, psychology and detective work in early twentieth-century Britain.