The Hanging Garden (A Rebus Novel)

The Hanging Garden (A Rebus Novel)

by IanRankin (Author)

Synopsis

A tense and complicated thriller featuring inspector John Rebus from the acclaimed author of BLACK AND BLUE. Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a possible war criminal resident in Edinburgh. His immediate superiors are more than happy to have him tucked away in a quiet backwater for several months looking into ancient history. But the Crime Squad are forced to bring him back to the present day when a young upstart gangster, Tommy Telford, muscles in on Big Ger Cafferty's turf and Rebus's local knowledge becomes essential to the efforts to shut down Telford's business as a drug dealer, pimp and extortionist. Before he can act the waters are muddied further when the war criminal is found hanging in Warriston Cemetery.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 19 Jan 1998

ISBN 10: 0752807218
ISBN 13: 9780752807218
Book Overview: * Previous rebus - BLACK AND BLUE - top selling title in Orion Crime Promotion in 1997. * BLACK AND BLUE hailed as a breakthrough novel for author who has won two CWA Awards for his short fiction and a Fulbright Chandler Award. * I would be surprised to read a better crime novel during the rest of 1997 Marcel Berlins, The Times for BLACK AND BLUE; Ian Rankin's Inspector rebus is one of the most realistic creations in crime fiction ... a terrific read Sunday Telegraph.
Prizes: Winner of Crime Writers' Association Macallan Gold Dagger Award 1997.

Author Bio
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into twenty-two languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for 'Resurrection Men'. He has also been shortlisted for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh. A contributor to BBC2's 'Newsnight Review', he also presented his own TV series, 'Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts'. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.