Fleshmarket Close (A Rebus Novel)

Fleshmarket Close (A Rebus Novel)

by IanRankin (Author)

Synopsis

An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack, or something else entirely? Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared from home and Siobhan is drawn into helping the family, which will mean travelling closer than is healthy towards the web of a convicted rapist. Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons - a woman and an infant - found buried beneath a concrete cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. The scene begins to look like an elaborate stunt - but whose, and for what purpose...?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 404
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 04 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 075286467X
ISBN 13: 9780752864679
Book Overview: Rankin's most recent novels have been No.1 Sunday Times bestsellers. He is also a top ten Guardian fastseller. Ian 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 Edgar and the CWA Gold Dagger. In 2003 Rankin sold over one million books and he now makes up more than 10 per cent of all UK crime sales, and gets excellent reviews: 'Another class act from Rebus...a touch of genius' Sunday Express. 'Rankin is a phenomenon...these novels are totally absorbing. Once I start reading one, all else goes by the board till I have finished it' Spectator. 'This is Rankin at his raw-edged, page-turning best' Time Out. 'No other writer in his chosen genre is producing books as rich and comprehensive as this: Dickensian, you might say' Literary Review. 'Rankin continues to be unsurpassed among living British crime writers' The Times.

Media Reviews
Fleshmarket Close was featured in the new BBC bookclub programme hosted by Jeremy Vine - BBC PAGE TURNERS. The interview with Ian was broadcast on Monday 18 April on BBC1 at 9.15am. THE GUARDIAN have interviewed Ian for the Saturday Review. This is a major profile interview by Nick Wroe with photographs by Eamonn McCabe. This will run mid-May to tie in to Ian's talk at the Guardian Hay Festival. BBC RADIO WALES 'Phil the Shelf' are interviewing Ian at Hay. On 9 April FINANCIAL TIMES ran an profile interview with Ian for the Weekend Interview. This was done whilst Ian was touring the States. Fleshmarket Close was also winner of the 2005 British Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year. The award was announced at the Nibbies on 20 April and broadcast on Channel 4 'RICHARD AND JUDY on 22 April. THE TIMES ran a diary story following the announcement of the shortlist and the Nibbies got widespread media coverage. Ian was awarded CWA DIAMOND DAGGER for Lifetime Achievement on Wednesday 11 May at the Savoy. Ian has written 100 words for GUARDIAN summer reading feature.
Author Bio
Ian Rankin was born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960. In 1997 he was awarded the Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction for BLACK & BLUE. His subsequent Rebus novels have all been international bestsellers, and in 2003, he received an OBE for services to literature.