by IanRankin (Author)
'And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you...?' 'That sort of thing' is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad end. Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is one of many policemen hunting the killer. And then the messages begin to arrive: knotted string and matchstick crosses - taunting Rebus with pieces of a puzzle only he can solve.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 12 Jan 1998
ISBN 10: 0752809423
ISBN 13: 9780752809427
Book Overview: Ian Rankin is a regular Sunday Times bestseller and Guardian fastseller. He has an incredibly high profile - in 2003, he had his own TV series (Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts), received his OBE, guested on Newsnight Review and is a constant contributor to the national press. He has won numerous awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger and the Edgar Award. In 2003 Rankin sold over one million books. He now makes up more than 10 per cent of all UK crime sales. Rankin also constantly gets excellent reviews: 'Arguably Scotland's finest living writer' The Times. 'They call his work crime fiction, but the adjective is superfluous ... these novels are totally absorbing. Once I start reading one, all else goes by the board till I have finished it' Spectator. 'Ian Rankin is widely, and rightly, regarded as the leading male crime writer in Britain' TLS. 'It bears all the qualities that have established Rankin as one of Britain's leading novelists in any genre' New Statesman. 'This is Rankin at his best, and, boy, that's saying something' Time Out.