Rather Be the Devil

Ian Rankin returns with his superb new novel, set in the dark heart of Edinburgh. John Rebus, now a couple of years into his retirement finds himself drawn into a cold case from the 1970s involving a female socialite, found dead in a bedroom in one of Edinburgh''s most luxurious hotels. It''s a crime over forty years old, but no one was ever found guilty. Now, Rebus has his own reasons to investigate . . . but it is going to set him against some very dangerous people.