Finished 2/1/11
This novel is the fifth in the Inspector John Rebus collection, and is another fine addition to the series. The novel's premise concerns a hotel fire which occurred five years earlier, and the cause and reason have yet to be determined. And, most important, an unidentified corpse was found amid the rubble, and the murder remains unsolved. A local crime boss with connections to loan sharking, the protection rackets, and illegal gambling is the odds on favorite as the culprit, and Inspector Rebus explicates and develops the case in his inexorable fashion. The rather elaborate plot-line is well thought out and executed, and Rankin treats the reader to a striking and appealing peek at the mean and dirty streets of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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