by IanRankin (Author)
Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'there's no mystery...except the why'. But this question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. Ex-Army himself, Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer, and finds he is not alone. Army investigators are on the scene, and won't be shaken off. The killer had friends and enemies to spare and left behind a legacy of secrets and lies. Rebus has more than his share of personal problems, too. He's fresh out of hospital, hands heavily bandaged, and he won't say how it happened. Could there be a connection with a house-fire and the unfortunate death of a petty criminal who had been harassing Rebus's colleague Siobhan Clarke? Rebus's bosses seem to think so...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 23 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 0752858963
ISBN 13: 9780752858968
Book Overview: Ian Rankin is a regular Sunday Times bestseller and Guardian fastseller. Ian has an incredibly high profile. He has had his own TV series (Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts), received the OBE, guested on Newsnight Review and is a constant contributor to the national press In 2003 Rankin sold over one million books and he now makes up over 10 per cent of all UK crime sales He also constantly gets excellent reviews: 'Rankin is a phenomenon ...They call his work crime fiction, but the adjective is superfluous ... these novels are totally absorbing' SPECTATOR 'This is Rankin at his best, and, boy, that's saying something' TIME OUT 'It bears all the qualities that have established Rankin as one of Britain's leading novelists in any genre: a powerful sense of place; a redefinition of Scotland and its past; persuasive dialogue; and a growing compassion among its characters' NEW STATESMAN 'A QUESTION OF BLOOD is just about as good as Rankin gets. As a crime novel it stands favourable comparison with almost anything else currently being written in - or out of - the genre' THE HERALD 'Rankin is without doubt Britain's best crime novelist' EXPRESS.