Let It Bleed

Two boys hug and jump... One man blows his brains out and does his lady a last favour... Alone in his cell another sets a ball rolling that may demolish a glittering career... Everyone keeps secrets and sometimes not just their own. In an Edinburgh winter the wind blows chill and penetrating. For Rebus it slams one door shut only to open another. Investigating the disappearance of the Provost's daughter leads him from the Old Town to Silicon Gel, from drug addicts to government ministers. And plants the seed that grows into a nagging belief that there may be some criminals beyond the grasp of modern justice. The Seventh Inspector Rebus Novel From 'britain's No.1 Crime Writer' Daily Mirror. Struggling Through Another Edinburgh Winter Rebus Finds Himself Sucked Into A Web Of Intrigue That Throws Up More Questions Than Answers. Was The Lord Provost's Daughter Kidnapped Or Just Another Runaway? Why Is A City Councillor Shredding Documents That Should Have Been Waste Paper Years Ago? And Why On Earth Is Rebus Invited To A Clay Pigeon Shoot At The Home Of The Scottish Office's Permanent Secretary? Sucked Into The Machine That Is Modern Scotland, Rebus Confronts The Fact That Some Of His Enemies May Be Beyond Justice... Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the Lord Provost's daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been waste paper years ago? And why on earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office's Permanent Secretary? Sucked into the machine that is modern Scotland, Rebus confronts the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond justice... -- Publisher description