Let it Bleed by Ian Rankin
What do 2 dropouts and a Provost's estranged daughter have to do with the Permanent Secretary of the SCottish Office and a murdered corrupt city councillor?- Inspector Rebus intends to find out.
Let it Bleed
Let it Bleed
Summary
The eighth Inspector Rebus mystery. Rebus is haunted by the deaths of two drop-outs who fall from the Forth Bridge. Why did they pretend to kidnap the Provost's daughter and what connection have they with the Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Office and a dead, corrupt city councillor?
Let it Bleed Summary
About Ian Rankin
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 twenty-two languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for 'Resurrection Men'. He has also been shortlisted for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh. A contributor to BBC2's 'Newsnight Review', he also presented his own TV series, 'Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts'. He recently 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.
Additional information
GOR002940404
9781857976342
1857976347
Let it Bleed by Ian Rankin
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Orion Publishing Co
19950821
288
N/A
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