Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is one of many policemen hunting the killer. And then the messages begin to arrive: knotted string and matchstick crosses – taunting Rebus with pieces of a puzzle only he can solve.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2008
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Pages: 272
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780752883533
ISBN 10: 0752883534