A Heart Full of Headstones
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Publisher Description
THE BRAND NEW REBUS THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE MUST-READ NOVELS OF THE YEAR.
'I loved it - Rebus is one of fiction's greatest creations' MARIAN KEYES
John Rebus stands accused: the once legendary detective is on trial, facing the rest of his life behind bars.
How does a hero turn villain?
Or have times changed, and the rules with them?
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke tackles Edinburgh's most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop harbouring huge secrets goes missing.
But is her loyalty to the police or the public? And who can she trust when nobody is truly innocent - including her former mentor Rebus - and a killer walks among them?
As the time comes to choose sides, it becomes clear: after a lifetime of lies, the truth will break your heart...
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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.