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Book SynopsisThe fourth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES - ''unmatched in the field of British crime fiction'' THE TIMES.
Gregor Jack, MP, well-liked, young, married to the fiery Elizabeth - to the outside world a very public success story. But Jack''s carefully nurtured career plans take a tumble after a ''mistake'' during a police raid on a notorious Edinburgh brothel. Then Elizabeth disappears, a couple of bodies float into view where they shouldn''t, and a lunatic speaks from his asylum...
Initially Rebus is sympathetic to the MP''s dilemma - who hasn''t occasionally succumbed to temptation? - but with the disappearance of Jack''s wife the glamour surrounding the popular young man begins to tarnish. Someone wants to strip Jack naked and Rebus wants to know why...
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Ian Rankin''s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023
Trade ReviewIan Rankin is a genius -- Lee Child
No one writes more gripping stories than Rankin ... Rebus is a good cop and a masterly creation * TLS *
Britain's No.1 crime writer * DAILY MIRROR *
One of the most beguiling characters in the history of crime fiction * THE TIMES *
Rankin proves himself the master of his own milieu ... There cannot be a better crime novelist * DAILY MAIL *
An extraordinarily rich addition to crime literature * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
These novels are totally absorbing * SPECTATOR *
