In a House of Lies
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3.7 • 14 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A cold case involving a missing private investigator threatens to unearth skeletons from Rebus's past in this "must-read" mystery (Tana French).
Former Detective John Rebus' retirement is disrupted once again when skeletal remains are identified as a private investigator who went missing over a decade earlier. The remains, found in a rusted car in the East Lothian woods, not far from Edinburgh, quickly turn into a cold case murder investigation. Rebus' old friend, Siobhan Clarke is assigned to the case, but neither of them could have predicted what buried secrets the investigation will uncover.
Rebus remembers the original case -- a shady land deal -- all too well. After the investigation stalled, the family of the missing man complained that there was a police cover-up. As Clarke and her team investigate the cold case murder, she soon learns a different side of her mentor, a side he would prefer to keep in the past.
A gripping story of corruption and consequences, this new novel demonstrates that Rankin and Rebus are still at the top of their game.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
An investigation unearths secrets that the police would prefer stay buried in this dark, thrilling Scottish mystery. A body has been found in an abandoned car—and DI Siobhan Clark has just been assigned to the case. When her former mentor John Rebus reveals that the dead man might be a P.I. who went missing 12 years ago, Siobhan is forced to take a hard look at some suspects within the police force—including Rebus himself. Author Ian Rankin is at the top of his game with this particularly taut installment in his long-running Inspector Rebus series. We loved hearing the tension grow as the case highlighted the differences between the old-school cops’ methods and the techniques of modern policing. Narrator James McPherson’s authentic brogue adds gravitas to the dark tale, and never misses one beat of Rankin’s dark sense of humor. We were so riveted when we entered the House of Lies that we never wanted to leave.
