Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers.
Was the Lord Provost’s daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been waste paper years ago? And why on earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office’s Permanent Secretary?
Sucked into the machine that is modern Scotland, Rebus confronts the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond justice…
Read by Bill Paterson
(p) 2000 Orion Publishing Group
Was the Lord Provost’s daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been waste paper years ago? And why on earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office’s Permanent Secretary?
Sucked into the machine that is modern Scotland, Rebus confronts the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond justice…
Read by Bill Paterson
(p) 2000 Orion Publishing Group
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Rankin continues to be unsurpassed among living British crime writers
Ian Rankin is a genius
A complex mystery novel, as you would expect from Rankin, one of a handful of truly outstanding British mystery writers ... Terrific
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One of British crime writing's greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse
Britain's No.1 crime writer
One of the most beguiling characters in the history of crime fiction
