A mugging gone wrong.. . or murder?
A dissident Russian poet is found dead
- at the same time a delegation of Russian
It's late autumn in Edinburgh & late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he tries to tie up some loose ends before retirement, a murder case intrudes. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. By apparent coincidence a high-level delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, keen to bring business to Scotl&. The politicians & bankers who run Edinburgh are determined that the case should be closed quickly & clinically. But the further they dig, the more Rebus & his colleague DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack
- especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Meantime, a brutal & premeditated assault on local gangster ' Big Ger' Cafferty sees Rebus in the frame. Has the Inspector taken a step too far in tying up those loose ends? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, inglorious career, will Rebus even make it that far? This audiobook has 6 CDs & has a runtime of 460 mins