It's late autumn in Edinburgh and 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 Scotland. The politicians and bankers who run Edinburgh are determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically. But the further they dig, ...
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It's late autumn in Edinburgh and 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 Scotland. The politicians and bankers who run Edinburgh are determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically. But the further they dig, the more Rebus and 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 and 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?
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Publisher:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published:
2008
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16222296635
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Very good. No dust jacket. About The Book: -It`s late autumn in Edinburgh and 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 Scotland. The politicians and bankers who run Edinburgh are determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically. But the further they dig, the more Rebus and 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 and 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? --> Genre: Crime Mystery-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Orion Books Limited in 2008 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse The text is in English.
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Fair. May have: large chunk of the cover scratched off (either on the front, or along the spine), some quite thick black marking on parts of the page edges, or some heavy damage (large knock/rip) to the boards. The pages inside are mostly unaffected.
Publisher:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published:
2007
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17364298966
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine condition. Orion, 2007. First UK edition-4th printing(5 7 9 10 8 6 4). Black hardback (red lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edges of the cover) with Dj (two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. The book is new with a small nick on the outer edges of the pages.380pp. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Review: Rankin has an unparalleled ability to draw in the reader and make us feel every knock and setback in Inspector Rebus's red-raw life. Rarely has that talent been better displayed than in Exit Music which sees the flawed but redeemingly honest central character staggering towards the finishing line of an inglorious career that has utterly defined his life' (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY ) the main theme of the book is civic corruption by the power of money, money from whatever source. Always up to the minute, Rankin has Russian oligarchs or something similar lurking on the streets of Edinburgh and the murder of a Russian poet is directly counterpointed to the death throes of the real life Russian, Litvinenko...As Rankin percipiently observes, the problem is the overworld not the underworld-words which might well sum up the philosophy of Rankin's whole ouevre' (Antonia Fraser THE SPECTATOR ). The last scene bringing together Rebus and Cafferty, is a sly, ingenious reworking of Holmes's apparently fatal tussle with Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls-another Scottish author attempting to retire his detective but failing, you can't help but notice.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
