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The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #09) by Rankin, Ian is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus, #09) about?
Drugs. Extortion. Slavery. Organized crime is fighting for a hold on John Rebus's peaceful Scotland. And when Rebus rescues a young Bosnian girl forced into prostitution, he breaks a policeman's golden rule to never get personally involved in a case. Add to that the hunt for an elderly Nazi accused of slaughtering an entire French village, and Rebus wonders just how evil humans can be. Until his own daughter is mortally injured as a gangland warning for him to back off. Then even a dedicated cop like Rebus might make a deal with the devil to find the culprit. Not for justice. For revenge. Amazon.com Review Ian Rankin's ninth book about Inspector John Rebus of the Edinburgh police is so full of story that it seems about to explode into shapeless anarchy at any moment. What keeps it from doing so is Rankin's strong heart and even stronger writing skills. When a Bosnian prostitute refuses to testify against a crime boss who has threatened her family, he says this about the cops trying to pressure her: "Silence in the room. They were all looking at her. Four men, men with jobs, family ties, men with lives of their own. In the scheme of things, they seldom realised how well of
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- Author
- Rankin, Ian
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781398712621
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- True Crime, Crime, Detective & Crime Fiction
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