| Format: Mass Market Paperback, 448pp. ISBN: 0312977891 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: November 2001 A man dead for twenty years is found behind a wall in the renovated Parliament Building of newly independent Scotland. A tramp jumps off of a bridge and leaves behind ú400,000. And Roddy Grieve, a political candidate and the favorite son of a famous family, is killed... Two of Detective Inspector John Rebus's team are assigned to the old case. His protFgT Siobhan Clarke takes on the homeless man puzzle. Roddy's high profile murder should be his. But higher-ups hand it to a young bootlicker, creating a bitter Rebus, a loose cannon, and a cop mad enough to go one step too far... From an illicit affair with a suspect to a battle with the bottle, Rebus is soon wrestling with his dark side. But when he links Roddy's murder with a killer he knows all too well, he has to face his own demons-if it's not too late. For when passion, power, and money are at stake, even the best policeman can die... Author Biography: Ian Rankin won England's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for Black and Blue, which was also an Edgar Award nominee. His latest Rebus novel, Dead Souls, was nominated for another Gold Dagger prize. Rankin lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and two sons. |
|
