Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"As always, Rankin delivers some fascinating procedural details, but the heart of the book — and its main appeal to crime-fiction readers — lies in the evolving personal relationships between the three cops and one bad guy. The switching of roles between Rebus and Clark continues to intrigue, but even better is the transformation of Fox from a behind-the-scenes guy...into a real cop working the mean streets." Booklist
About the Author
Ian
Rankin is an internationally #1 bestselling novelist and the recipient
of an Edgar Award, a Gold Dagger for fiction, and the Chandler-Fulbright
Award. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and two sons.