The fourteenth Inspector Rebus novel
- & No 1 bestseller Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails The mystery takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community Ex-Army himself Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer & finds he is not alone Army investigators are on the scene & won&t be shaken off The killer had friends & enemies to spare & left behind a legacy of secrets & lies Rebus has more than his share of personal problems too He&s fresh out of hospital but won&t say how it happened Could there be a connection with a house-fire & the unfortunate death of a petty criminal who had been harassing Rebus&s colleague Siobhan Clarke?