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By Ian Rankin

Subjects: Mystery, Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Investigation, Rebus, inspector (fictitious character), fiction, Edinburgh (scotland), fiction, Large type books, Inspector Rebus (Fictitious character), Murder, Fiction, Retirement, Detective and mystery stories

Description: It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus's investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history.Has Rebus overstepped his bounds for the last time? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, controversial career, will Rebus even make it that far?