| ISBN |
0316095656 |
| Name |
Rankin, Ian
See Also: Harvey, Jack, 1960- |
| Uniform title |
Fleshmarket Close |
| Title |
Fleshmarket Alley / Ian Rankin. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Published |
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2005. |
| Description |
420 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Originally published as Fleshmarket Close. London : Orion Books, 2004. |
| Summary |
"On a notorious street where propriety and decadence clash, in the basement of a newly renovated bar, the bones of a woman and child are discovered beneath a cement floor. It's an unusually gruesome find, even for Fleshmarket Alley. When Inspector John Rebus is called to investigate, every fact he finds unleashes a host of new questions. Are the bones those of a mother and child? Are they actual human remains or fakes? Were they planted there - and if so, why?". |
| "It could be nothing more than a ruthless and enterprising pub owner looking to create a local legend that will help lure trade. Or it could be something far worse - something as grisly as the death of a recent immigrant found brutally murdered at a local housing project, or the murder of Donald Cruikshank, a recently paroled rapist whose body is found just as a young woman goes missing. The missing girl is a friend of Inspector rebus's colleague Detective Siobhan Clarke, and Siobhan is shocked to find herself in the same intricate web of murderers as Rebus - all somehow tied to that pile of bones under Fleshmarket Alley." "In a race to stop the killings before more bodies turn up - even as the possibility of romantic entanglements distracts and entices them - rebus and Siobhan plumb the darkest corners of their beloved city and confront the lawless, conscienceless men who dwell there."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subjects |
Rebus, Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Police -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Fiction |
| Immigrants -- Fiction |
| Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
| Series |
Inspector Rebus novel series 15 |
| Web Link |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0914/2004018621-d.html |
| Internet Site |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0914/2004018621-d.html |
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