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Fleshmarket Alley : an Inspector Rebus novel / Ian Rankin.

Rankin, Ian. (Author).

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."--Jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0316095656
  • ISBN: 9780316095655
  • Physical Description: 420 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., [2010, 2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published as Fleshmarket Close. London : Orion Books, 2004.
Subject:
Rebus, Inspector (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Police > Scotland > Edinburgh > Fiction.
Police.
Edinburgh (Scotland) > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 33 of 35 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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