Even Dogs in the Wild

Author(s): Ian Rankin

Crime - Thriller


Rebus comes out of retirement...to save his nemesis.Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She's investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one of their own is killed, the powers that be want answers fast. But Clarke is puzzled: if Minton died in a robbery as everyone thinks, why is nothing missing from his home? The answer may lie not in what was taken, but in what was left behind at the scene--an ominous note.


 


Malcolm Fox is feeling useless. Shunned by his colleagues because of his past in the Complaints bureau, he's been reassigned to a grunt detail, helping a surveillance team--one that trusts him even less than his own boss does--track a notorious Glasgow crime family. Helping Clarke with the Minton case is the only thing that makes Fox feel like a real cop.


 


Newly minted civilian John Rebus is feeling restless. Being a cop is in his blood and he's failing miserably at retirement. So when Clarke and Fox ask for his help, Rebus doesn't need long to consider his options. But before he can get his bearings, a call comes from Rebus's old nemesis--"Big Ger" Cafferty. Someone just fired a bullet through his front window--and sent him a note identical to Minton's. The normally unflappable old gangster is on edge, but for the life of him Cafferty can't figure out who he's wronged. And the only man he trusts with his life is Rebus.


 


As the cases collide, it's up to Clarke, Fox, and Rebus to connect the dots and save their unlikely ally Cafferty, whose past harbors a shocking secret that implicates Minton's friends in an unspeakable crime. Even Dogs in the Wild reunites crime fiction legend Ian Rankin's greatest characters in an explosive story exploring the darkest corners of our desires.


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'Taut, dark and expertly crafted tale has plenty to satisfy the most exacting Rebus fan.' GUARDIAN 'Delightful, impossible-to-fault crime writing from a virtuoso of the craft.' DAILY MAIL 'EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD is a complex, twisty tale expertly told by Rankin.' EVENING STANDARD 'Pacy, engaging, smart, ingenious, excellently riddled and raddled - what's not to like about Rebus?' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'A chewy, satisfying, thrilling read with a giant narrative switchback when you least expect it.' METRO 'A very welcome return to the beat for one of crime fiction's best detectives.' SUNDAY MIRROR 'A brilliant read, Rebus is back where he belongs and still working by his own rules. A must for all Rebus fans.' WOMAN'S WAY 'A treat for Rankin fans as favourite characters are re-united in this darkly moody crime masterpiece.' PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH

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 thirty-six languages and are bestsellers worldwide.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 Anthony Award in the USA, 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, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University.A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts. Rankin is a number one bestseller in the UK and has 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. www.ianrankin.net Twitter @Beathhigh

General Fields

  • : 9781409159384
  • : Orion
  • : Orion
  • : 0.292
  • : June 2016
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : June 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Ian Rankin
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : 403