- Fiction, Police, Inspector Rebus (Fictitious character), Immigrants
Investigator John Rebus pursues a case in Edinburgh's red-light district, where refugees seeking asylum are subject to the most ruthless members of the crime world.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed, Orion, Brilliance Audio on CD Value Priced
- Editions
- 33
- Language
- und, French, German, English
- ISBN
- 9780752870311
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First sentence
“I'm not supposed to be here," Detective Inspector John Rebus said.”
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