Exit Music: The #1 bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

Ian Rankin

Sept 2008 · Hachette UK

About this eBook

Sometimes murder is the easy way out...
A brilliant Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.

'Britain's No.1 crime writer' Daily Mirror

'Ian Rankin is a genius' Lee Child

A mugging gone wrong ... or murder?

A dissident Russian poet is found dead - at the same time a delegation of Russian businessmen arrives in town. For some, it is crucial that the case is closed quickly, clinically and with the minimum of attention.

But DI Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke believe this is something more than a random attack - especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Then, a brutal and premeditated assault on a local gangster puts Rebus in the frame - and he may not survive long enough to solve anything...

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Ian Rankin's A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023

Ratings and reviews

He just gets better. So much detail about Edinburgh. Interesting stuff. Rebus never gives up.

FIRST CLASS "REBUS TALE DELIVERED SOUNDLY AND GRUDGINGLY" BY "JOHN REBUS" CREATOR AND SCOTLANDS "KING" OF "TARTAN NOIR" SIR "IAN RANKIN" AND DEFINITELY "BRITAINS KING OF "CRIME FICTION" GREAT READ AND WELL WOVEN TALE.!!

As usual Rebus is doing everything his way. Great read great writer. Well done AGAIN

About the author

Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of over thirty novels and creator of John Rebus. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have been adapted for radio, the stage and the screen.

Rankin is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, including the Diamond Dagger, the UK's most prestigious award for crime fiction. In the United States, he has won the celebrated Edgar Award and been shortlisted for the Anthony Award. In Europe, he has won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the German Deutscher Krimipreis.

He is the recipient of honorary degrees from universities across the UK, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature, and has received an OBE for his services to literature.

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