“A novelist of great scope, depth, and power.” – Jonathan Kellerman “In Rankin, you cannot go wrong.” – The Boston Globe “Ian Rankin is up there among the best crime novelists at work today.” - Michael Connelly In Edinburgh you’re never far from a peaceful spot, or from a hellish one either. Now, in the heart of summer, in the midst of a nationalist festival, Inspector John Rebus is on the murder case of a young man left hanging in a spot where his screams would never be heard. To find the victim’s identity – and his killer – Rebus searches from Edinburgh’s most violent neighborhood to Belfast, Northern Ireland, among petty thugs, gunrunners, and heavyweight criminals.
