{"id":3574,"date":"2013-02-16T17:13:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T22:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2024-04-19T18:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:56:32","slug":"the-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3574","title":{"rendered":"The Kidnapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B003YUCEE8\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=randomreading-20&#038;camp=0&#038;creative=0&#038;linkCode=as4&#038;creativeASIN=B003YUCEE8&#038;adid=0AMEPWD212BHJMT8SS61&#038;\">The Kidnapping<\/a><\/em> (2010) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/todd_charles.php\">Charles Todd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a single short story, and three excerpts, which I sort of found annoying, although I have to admit, that as far as excerpts go, they were interesting.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Kidnapping<\/em> is a very brief story that finds Ian Rutledge drug into a kidnapping case, when a wild-eyed and disheveled man appears at the station claiming that he was beaten and his daughter kidnapped as they were leaving dinner at the home of friends.<\/p>\n<p>It was an interesting peek into what was probably more the daily life of Ian Rutledge than a fabulous mystery in and of itself. Not quite sure it was worth even the dollar I paid for it, since most of it was, as I said, previews for three other Ian Rutledge books.<\/p>\n<p>Published by HarperCollins <\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/9482699\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kidnapping (2010) Charles Todd This is a single short story, and three excerpts, which I sort of found annoying, although I have to admit, that as far as excerpts go, they were interesting. The Kidnapping is a very brief story that finds Ian Rutledge drug into a kidnapping case, when a wild-eyed and disheveled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30,33,8,35],"tags":[123,125,637,212],"class_list":["post-3574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british","category-historical","category-mystery","category-short-story","tag-charles-todd","tag-inspector-ian-rutledge","tag-post-ww-i","tag-ptsd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-VE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13771,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13771","url_meta":{"origin":3574,"position":0},"title":"Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford","author":"Michelle","date":"December 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford (2015) Charles Todd This collection is four short stories with Bess Crawford and Ian Rutledge. \"The Kidnapping\" \"The Girl on the Beach\" \"Cold Comfort\" \"The Maharani's Pearls\" \"The Kidnapping\" - Ian Rutledge, London 1920 I actually have a copy of this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7.5\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tales Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tales-Short-Stories-Featuring-Ian-Rutledge-and-Bess-Crawford.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3433,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3433","url_meta":{"origin":3574,"position":1},"title":"A Test of Wills","author":"Michelle","date":"January 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A Test of Wills (1996) Charles Todd This was a re-read. After reading and thoroughly enjoying the Bess Crawford mystery, I remembered I had several books in Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge series, and decided to reread them. Inspector Rutledge of Scotland Yard served in the Great War, and he's suffering\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"7\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Test-Wills.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3915,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3915","url_meta":{"origin":3574,"position":2},"title":"Legacy of the Dead","author":"Michelle","date":"July 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Legacy of the Dead (2000) Charles Todd The fourth Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery finds Rutledge sent to Scotland--the last place he wants to go, for he still hears the voice of Hamish MacLeod over his shoulder, haranguing him, and reminding him of the dead lost in France during the Great\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;British&quot;","block_context":{"text":"British","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/british"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Legacy-Dead.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":905,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/905","url_meta":{"origin":3574,"position":3},"title":"Wings of Fire","author":"Michelle","date":"January 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Wings of Fire (1998) Charles Todd Wow. Just like the first book, A Test of Wills, the second book, Wings of Fire was also quite depressing. Which leads to me to wonder: why am I surprised that a murder mystery is depressing? After all, the very premise of a murder\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/Wings-Fire.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3478,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3478","url_meta":{"origin":3574,"position":4},"title":"Search the Dark","author":"Michelle","date":"January 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Search the Dark (1999) Charles Todd This is the third Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery. A man goes made on a train, believe he's seen his wife and children, who were killed when their house collapsed and burned during the war. When a woman's body appears--badly beaten and disfigured--suspicion falls upon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;British&quot;","block_context":{"text":"British","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/british"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Search-Dark.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3439,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3439","url_meta":{"origin":3574,"position":5},"title":"Wings of Fire","author":"Michelle","date":"January 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Wings of Fire (1998) Charles Todd The second Ian Rutledge mystery finds Rutledge sent to Cornwall, to look into the deaths of a prominent family: a double suicide and a fall. Adding to the confusion, one of the suicides turned out to be a famous poet, O.A. 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