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Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus's team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide? His colleagues back then called themselves 'the Saints', and swore a bond on something called 'the Shadow Bible'. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer, especially with a referendum on Scottish independence just around the corner. Who are the saints and who the sinners? And can the one ever become the other?

'He's gone...' When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective? As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find...

Edinburgh, pýcha Skotů… To město je jako Jekyll a Hyde. Za denního světla nastavuje všem svou přívětivou tvář, tváří se pohostinně a láká k návštěvě. V noci se však proměňuje v netvora. Je zlé, kruté, nemilosrdné. Hrdina Rankinových detektivních románů je policista a projíždí městem převážně v noci, zná jeho temné periferie a podsvětní putyky. Jmenuje se John Rebus, sám nepatří mezi vzorové příslušníky policejního sboru, ale člověk nemůže moc hledět na předpisy, když mu přímo pod nosem někdo vraždí.

Zbrusu nový detektivní román Iana Rankina, skotského autora světoznámých bestselerů. Uplynulo pětadvacet let od chvíle, kdy se John Rebus objevil na scéně, a protože teď, v důchodu, se na řešení odložených případů může podílet jenom jako civilní zaměstnanec, touží po návratu do přední linie. Když se jeden z dávných případů znovu otevírá, nenechá si ujít příležitost s kriminálním oddělením aspoň spolupracovat. Ale jelikož na jeho tvrdohlavosti a metodách se nic nezměnilo, brzy způsobí problémy jak sobě, tak bývalé kolegyni Siobhan Clarkeové; situaci dál komplikuje jeho starý protivník Ger Cafferty i nový boss edinburského podsvětí. Navíc Rebusovu návratu do řad policie hodlá zabránit Malcolm Fox z policejní inspekce, který je o Rebusově zkorumpovanosti pevně přesvědčen, a proto ho má neustále na mušce. Rebus se přesto vytrvale snaží zjistit pravdu o sérii zdánlivě nesouvisejících zmizení několika mladých žen, ačkoli tím ohrožuje vlastní život i kariéru nejbližších spolupracovníků.

At a private school two teenagers are killed by an ex-Army loner who then turns the gun on himself. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'There's no mystery...except the why'. In searching for these answers, Rebus finds himself drawn into a sha ttered community and a link with his own past. He becomes fascinated with the killer who had friends and enemies aplenty, from politicians to goths, and who left behind a web of secrets and lies. Meanwhile, Rebus faces his own trials: DS Siobhan Clar ke has been stalked by a petty criminal who is found burnt to death in his own home and Rebus is fresh out of hospital with his hands heavily bandaged.

John Rebus stands accused: the once legendary detective is on trial, facing the rest of his life behind bars. How does a hero turn villain? Or have times changed, and the rules with them? Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke tackles Edinburgh's most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop harbouring huge secrets goes missing. But is her loyalty to the police or the public? And who can she trust when nobody is truly innocent - including her former mentor Rebus - and a killer walks among them? As the time comes to choose sides, it becomes clear: after a lifetime of lies, the truth will break your heart...