Product Description

Rebus is juggling four cases trying to nail one killer - who might just lead back to the infamous Bible John. And he's doing it under the scrutiny of an internal inquiry led by a man he has just accused of taking backhanders from Glasgow's Mr Big. As if this wasn't enough, there are TV cameras at his back investigating a miscarriage of justice, making Rebus a criminal in the eyes of a million or more viewers. Just one mistake is likely to mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death or, worse still, losing his job.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11494 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

About the Author
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 more than twenty languages and are bestsellers worldwide. 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 Anthony Award in the USA, 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, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University. A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts. Rankin is a number one bestseller in the UK and has 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.

Customer Reviews

Rankin and Rebus, low odds..
Low odds, because it's always a winning concept.

John rebus, the half alcoholic, half outcast, much hated DI is back.
He doesn't give a toss about procedure, he is insubordinate, he constantly walks a tightrope between being fired and being let off the hook.
This time, he is not only the target of the common scorn and reprimands, but also physically, as he wanders off alone in shady neighborhoods.
A serial killer stalks Aberdeen. The case has nothing to do with Edinburgh, so it should be no business of Rebus's. Yet, there are similarities to another, older serial killer's work, a killer supposed to be locked away and long since deceased.The local rags have already picked up this and both they and the brass want to know about the old inquiries, the collar and evidence of the killer's guilt. As the arresting officer has committed suicide, only one cop is still to be interrogated.. Rebus.
Meanwhile, he is off trying to discern three major cases from each other, or is it possible they are somehow connected ?
As he goes out on a limb to follow his hunches, some very dangerous people gets wind of his coming,information leaking from within the police itself. Who he can trust seems a gamble. And then, an old evil awakens...

Rebus has come to a turning point in his career, and his life!
He suddenly understands how easy it is to keep a blind eye to protocol, how easy his powers could be misused. He suddenly realizes that maybe he doesn't want to be a drunkard any more. After a sudden panic attack he changes direction, tries to sober up.
John Rebus is a self consuming fire which keeps the reader absorbed. Slow progress, , ...
Rankin carefully stirs his hot pot of confused leads,unholy alliances,dirty cops and painstakingly slow progress to a perfect serving.
Enjoy! I did.