> Some years ago -- don't ask me how many -- I read a
review in the
New
> York Times Book Review (also can't remember if it
was a stand
alone
> review or one of the items in Marilyn Stasso's (sp?)
mysteries
> column) about a novel written by an Englishman (I
believe) about a
> veteran of World War I trench warfare who returns to
England
> essentially unhinged by the horrors at the front.
His life as a
> soldier has pushed him over the edge and he becomes
a serial
killer
> of sorts dispatching his victims in a particularly
gruesome manner
> (was it with a shovel?).
>
> Does anyone here happen to know the title and author
this book?
>
At first I was thinking you might be referring to Charles
Todd's Ian Rutledge series but after reading your entire
post, I'm now inclined to suggest the book might be RIVER OF
DARKNESS by Rennie Airth.
Ed
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