描述
A junkie, dead in an Edinburgh squat, the body laid out with ritual precision. A girl with a past, running wild and running scared.
But who cares? These are the dregs, a squalid society of addicts and derelicts; people long since disconnected from a society that is preoccupied with the new businesses and the new homes bringing prosperity to a city concentrating on advertising its quality of life.
Only Detective Inspector John Rebus senses something evil, something too dangerous to ignore that has to be investigated and brought up into the light. Something that may prove to be very closely connected indeed to the bright new world above. It is an investigation that will find him not just trying to solve a crime but fighting for his life.
But who cares? These are the dregs, a squalid society of addicts and derelicts; people long since disconnected from a society that is preoccupied with the new businesses and the new homes bringing prosperity to a city concentrating on advertising its quality of life.
Only Detective Inspector John Rebus senses something evil, something too dangerous to ignore that has to be investigated and brought up into the light. Something that may prove to be very closely connected indeed to the bright new world above. It is an investigation that will find him not just trying to solve a crime but fighting for his life.
书籍详情
格式
精装书
页数
210 页
语言
英语
已发布
1月 1, 1994
出版商
Otto Penzler Books
版本
Reissue
版本
69 个版本
ISBN-10
1883402743
ISBN-13
9781883402747
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3.5 stars, rounded up. It's a solid crime novel, but definitely shows its age. It was published 27 years ago, and feels it sometimes. I'm enjoying the character development though, and have a lot of faith in the recent instalments of the series, which are what I'm working towards.
November 2nd 2018