Hide and Seek

By (author): "Ian Rankin"
Publish Date: 1991
Hide and Seek
ISBN0340554150
ISBN139780340554159
AsinHide and Seek
CharactersInspector John Rebus
Original titleHide and Seek
SeriesInspector Rebus #2
The second Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' DAILY MIRROR.A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists.Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind ...