A Good Hanging: From the Iconic #1 Bestselling Writer of Channel 4 s MURDER ISLAND - Softcover

Rankin, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752809431 ISBN 13: 9780752809434

Publisher: Orion mass market paperback, 1998

Synopsis

Edinburgh is a city steeped in history and tradition, a seat of learning, of elegant living, known as the 'Athens of the North'. But that isn't all. The city's flip-side is a city of grudges, blackmail, violence, greed and fear - where past and present clash and old wounds fester. In any year Detective Inspector John Rebus can expect gang warfare, murder, assault and battery at the very least. In this collection he investigates the hanging of a student actor during the Festival, an arson attack on a bird watcher and the witnessing of an apparent miracle...

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About the Author

Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of over thirty novels and creator of John Rebus. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have been adapted for radio, the stage and the screen.

Rankin is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, including the Diamond Dagger, the UK's most prestigious award for crime fiction. In the United States, he has won the celebrated Edgar Award and been shortlisted for the Anthony Award. In Europe, he has won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the German Deutscher Krimipreis.

He is the recipient of honorary degrees from universities across the UK, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature, and has received an OBE for his services to literature.

Website: IanRankin.net

Twitter: @Beathhigh

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Edition details

• Publisher: Orion mass market paperback
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752809431
• ISBN 13: 9780752809434
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 288