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出版社:ORION BOOKS LTD
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ISBN:0752877232
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作者:IAN RANKIN
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頁數:291
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出版日期:2005-01-01
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印刷日期:2005-01-01
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包裝:平裝
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開本:32開
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版次:1
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印次:1
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When respected MP Gregor Jack is caught in a police raid on an Edinburgh brothel and his flamboyant wife Elizabeth suddenly disappears,John Rebus smells a set-up.And when Elizabeth's badly beaten body is found,Rebus is suddenly up against a killer who holds all the cards.
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For all the right reasons,Edinburgh Detective Inspector John
Rebus calls for comparison with Colin Dexter's Oxford copper
Inspector Morse.Both spend a lot of time in pubs and bemoan the
onset of middle age;each is a shrewd detective with a literary
bent who operates in an academic town where clashes of culture
beget victims.When much-loved politician Gregor Jack is
discovered in a midnight raid on a discreet brothel,a surprising
number of journalists are on hand--a situation that endangers
Jack's political future.Jack's wealthy wife Elizabeth,a noted
partygoer whose friends are equally well-heeled and
hedonistic,can't be found.Her body is soon pulled from a nearby
river,a fatality mirroring the recent murder of
another,unidentified,woman.A drunk who brags of the first killing
gives a false address and vanishes north of the city.Meanwhile
Rebus,trying to trace a cache of valuable stolen books,finds
himself talking again to the late Elizabeth's coterie of party
friends.Rankin creates a living,breathing world in which his
weary protagonist tackles his cases while involved in the
intricacies of the day-to-day: pints and hangovers,stumbling
romance,wet weather,damp clothes,tricky superiors and wide-eyed
subordinates.All are brought to bear,yet all are ultimately
jettisoned as Rebus closes in on the satisfying solution.
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1 The Milking Shed 2 Scratching the Surface 3 Treacherous Steps 4 Tips 5 Up the River 6 Highland Games 7 Duthfl 8 Spite and Malice 9 Within Range 10 Brothel Creepers 11 Old School Ties 12 EscOrt Service 13 Hot-Head
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