Fans of Rebus will probably feel mixed emotions as they read this eighteenth and final novel about Edinburgh's most famous Detective Inspector.
As always, Rankin draws us into the murky underworld which simmers beneath Edinburgh's gentile facade. We encounter the intermingling of wealthy Russian entrepreneurs, the seedy world of porno tapes, one of Rebus's old enemies, 'Bid Ger' Caffery, and... Members of the Scottish Parliament.
Throughout his quest to find the murderer of a dissident Russian poet, we commiserate with Rebus as his life as a D.I. comes to an end.
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