The Naming of the Dead
- By Ian Rankin
Full Description
The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty...except one. John Rebus's reputation precedes him, and his bosses don't want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin, which explains why he's manning an abandoned police station when a call comes in. During a preconference dinner at Edinburgh Castle, a delegate has fallen to his death. Accident, suicide, or something altogether more sinister? And is it linked to a grisly find close to the site of the gathering? Are the world's most powerful men at risk from a killer? While the government and secret services attempt to hush the whole thing up, Rebus knows he has only seventy-two hours to find the answers. ... more
Critical Praise
"Ian Rankin is up there among the best crime novelists working today."
—Michael Connelly
"There are a handful of authors whose series characters have achieved a kind of immortality. Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer, and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch come to mind. John Rebus, the creation of world-class crime novelist Ian Rankin, belongs in that select group."
—George Pelecanos
"The fifty-something Rebus is surely one of the most rounded, warts-and-all characters in modern crime fiction. . . . Those who want to plunge deep into a world of convincing characters and brilliantly rendered atmospherics can't do much better than this."
—Patrick Anderson, Washington Post Book World
"Rebus has a wit sharper than a Highlander's sword. . . . Rankin just does it better than most. . . . His writing will interfere with your work and your love life."
—Peter B. King, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Rankin keeps the action aboil and the dialogue blunt while putting readers through a Sherlockian effort to sort out clues. . . . Bottom line: Lively suspense."
—Joe Heim, People
- Category:
- FICTION
- Format:
- HARDCOVER BOOK
- Publish Date:
- 4/2/2007
- Price:
- $24.99
- ISBN:
- 9780316057578
- Pages:
- 464
- Size:
- 6" x 9-1/4"
