Rather
Be the Devil,
by Ian Rankin
Hachette RRP $37.99
Hachette RRP $37.99
Some cases
never leave you.
For John
Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous
Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night
a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, Maria's killer has
never been found.
Meanwhile,
the dark heart of Edinburgh remains up for grabs. A young pretender, Darryl
Christie, may have staked his claim, but a vicious attack leaves him weakened
and vulnerable, and an inquiry into a major money laundering scheme threatens
his position.
Has old-time
crime boss Big Ger Cafferty really given up the ghost, or is he biding his time
until Edinburgh is once more ripe for the picking?
About the
Author:
Born in the
Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh
in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be
working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was
published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into thirty-six
languages and are bestsellers worldwide. Rankin is a number one bestseller in
the UK and has received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive
the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and
two sons.
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