A Heart Full of Headstones
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4.4 • 117 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
THE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE MUST-READ NOVELS OF THE YEAR.
John Rebus had been in court plenty of times, but this was his first time in the dock...
John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Although it's not the first time the legendary detective has taken the law into his own hands, it might be the last.
What drove a good man to cross the line? Or have times changed, and the rules with them?
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke faces Edinburgh's most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop goes missing after claiming to harbour secrets that could sink the city's police force.
But in this investigation, it seems all roads lead to Rebus - and Clarke's twin loyalties to the public and the police will be tested to their limit.
A reckoning is coming - and John Rebus may be hearing the call for last orders...
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PRAISE FOR A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES:
'I loved it hugely! Rebus is one of fiction's greatest creations.'
MARIAN KEYES
'Phenomenal ... The ending is going to floor readers. Everyone is going to be talking about this!'
MICK HERRON
'Magnificent - beautifully written, clever - and what an ending!'
KATE MOSSE
'Peerless. Immaculately crafted, gripping, intricately textured. By turns wry, brutal, unflinching, heart-filled.'
SARAH VAUGHAN
'The standout novel from one of the great storytellers of our generation ... The kind of ending you won't ever forget.'
CHRIS WHITAKER
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PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:
'Ian Rankin is a genius'
LEE CHILD
'Rebus is one of British crime writing's greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse'
DAILY MAIL
'Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading ... Rankin has redefined the genre'
GUARDIAN
'The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life's pleasures'
EXPRESS
'Rankin is a phenomenon'
SPECTATOR
'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best'
SCOTSMAN
'The king of crime fiction'
SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Great fiction, full stop'
THE TIMES
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Last orders at the Oxford Bar. Rankin’s Caledonian crime epic has entered its elegiac phase. As we rejoin retired detective John Rebus for this 24th instalment in the beloved hard-boiled franchise, Edinburgh is emerging bleary-eyed from pandemic lockdown. Ravaged by ill health and reduced to doing cash-in-hand investigative work for gangsters to keep his hand in, Rebus is a twilight shadow of his former self. When a corrupt cop goes missing after threatening to spill secrets that could bring down the city’s police force, Rebus’ trusted former sidekick Detective Inspector Siobhan “Shiv” Clarke is assigned to the potentially explosive case. Her meddling mentor can’t resist getting involved—not least because he could be implicated in the criminality. As events escalate with murders and fire-bombings, our hard-bitten hero finds himself embroiled in a tangled web of drug barons, domestic violence and dodgy property tycoons. Can Rebus walk the mean streets, unravel the mystery and escape being brought down in the process? Broodingly atmospheric and full of foreboding, this is tartan noir with a Line Of Duty twist.
