Mortal causes
By: Ian Rankin
Series: An Inspector Rebus novel; Inspector Rebus
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780752883588
Copyright date: 1994
Subjects: Fiction; Police; Inspector Rebus (Fictitious character)
Description: Detective and mystery stories. It is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing ... A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the city's ancient subterranean streets and marks on the corpse cause Rebus to suspect the involvement of sectarian activists. The prospect of a terrorist atrocity in a city heaving with tourists is almost unthinkable. When the victim turns out to be the son of a notorious gangster, Rebus realises he is sitting atop a volcano of mayhem - and it's just about to erupt.
Notes: Originally published: 1994.