Fleshmarket Close: From the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES
By (Author) Ian Rankin
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
1st October 2008
7th August 2008
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Winner of First Direct Crime Thriller of the Year Award, Galaxy British Book Awards 2005 (UK)
Paperback
512
Width 132mm, Height 196mm, Spine 33mm
360g
An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme. Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters want him to retire. But Rebus is stubborn. As he investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers' detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love...
Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared and Siobhan must help the family, which means getting close to a convicted rapist. Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons found buried beneath a cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. An elaborate stunt - but whose, and for what purpose And how can it tie to the murder on the housing-scheme known as KnoxlandIan Rankin is a genius -- Lee Child
Ian Rankin is a No.1 bestseller, and has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Diamond Dagger. He lives in Edinburgh, and in 2003 received an OBE for his services to literature.