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The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex-army, spots a paramilitary link. It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in the thronging city streets. Special Branch are interested, however, and Rebus finds himself seconded to an elite police unit with the mission of smashing whatever terrorist cell may exist. But the victim turns out to be a gangster's son, and the gangster wants revenge on his own terms.
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Review:
"John Rebus, an outstanding creation... very ambitious and very confident with acute observation of the not-so-bonny side of Scotland."
Mike Ripley, "Sunday Telegraph" "Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome."
"Time Out"
Mike Ripley, "Sunday Telegraph"
Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome.
"Time Out"
John Rebus, an outstanding creation... very ambitious and very confident with acute observation of the not-so-bonny side of Scotland.--Mike Ripley "Sunday Telegraph "
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Mike Ripley, "Sunday Telegraph" "Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome."
"Time Out"
Mike Ripley, "Sunday Telegraph"
Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome.
"Time Out"
John Rebus, an outstanding creation... very ambitious and very confident with acute observation of the not-so-bonny side of Scotland.--Mike Ripley "Sunday Telegraph "
John Rebus, an outstanding creation... very ambitious and very confident with acute observation of the not-so-bonny side of Scotland. Mike Ripley, "Sunday Telegraph"
Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome. "Time Out""
John Rebus, an outstanding creation... very ambitious and very confident with acute observation of the not-so-bonny side of Scotland. Mike Ripley, Sunday Telegraph
Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome. Time Out
""John Rebus, an outstanding creation... very ambitious and very confident with acute observation of the not-so-bonny side of Scotland." --Mike Ripley, Sunday Telegraph
"Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots set against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome." --Time Out
A murderous threat lines the crowded Edinburgh Festival streets in Ian Rankin's Rebus thriller.
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- PublisherChivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 075409166X
- ISBN 13 9780754091660
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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