Ian Rankin

"A missing private investigator is found locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - the body was in an area that had already been searched 10 years ago. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled, and now - after a decade without answers - it's time for the truth....

Edinburgh investigator John Rebus pursues a case in the city's red-light district, where refugees seeking asylum in Scotland are subject to the most ruthless members of the crime world.

Let it bleed: In the midst of another bleak Edinburgh winter, Rebus becomes involved in a web of intrigue that poses more questions then answers. Black & blue: Rebus juggles four cases in the course of trying to find one killer--who may lead back to the infamous Bible John--while the subject of an internal inquiry led by the man he's just accused of taking bribes. The hanging garden: While on the paper trail of a World War II criminal, Rebus finds...

"When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find..."...

When a young woman is found unconscious at the wheel of her car, evidence at the scene suggests this was no ordinary crash. Especially when it turns out her boyfriend is the son of the Scottish Justice Minister and neither of them is willing to talk to the police. Meanwhile, John Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a big demotion and an even larger chip on his shoulder. A new law has been passed allowing the Scottish police to re-prosecute old...