Set In Darkness
The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS
$25.20
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2008
Summary
Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in 300 years. As political passions run high, DI John Rebus is charged with liaison, thanks to the new parliament being resident in Queensbury House, bang in the middle of his patch. But Queensbury House has its own, dark past.
Legend has it that a young man was roasted there on a spit by a madman. When the fireplace where the youth died is uncovered another more recent murder victim is found. Days later, in the ga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780752883632 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0752883631 |
| Author: | Ian Rankin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 134mm x 34mm |
| Series: | A Rebus Novel |
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Critics Review
Arguably Scotland’s finest living writer– THE TIMES
Rebus resurgent … a brilliantly meshed plot which delivers on every count … Eleventh in the series. Still making waves * LITERARY REVIEW *No one in Britain writes better crime novels today * EVENING STANDARD *Britain’s No.1 crime writer * DAILY MIRROR *There’s no one like Ian Rankin for bringing us right into the world of detectives – Tana FrenchNo one writes more gripping stories than Rankin … [Rebus] is a good cop and a masterly creation * TLS *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 *
About The Author
Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin’s first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into thirty-six languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Ian is the recipient of four CWA Dagger Awards and in 2004, won America’s celebrated Edgar Award. He is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Hull, and Edinburgh and also 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.
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