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  • Mortal Causes

  • Inspector Rebus, Book 6
  • Written by: Ian Rankin
  • Narrated by: James Macpherson
  • Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Narrated by: James Macpherson
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The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered, in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex-army, spots a paramilitary link.

It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in the thronging city streets. Special Branch personnel are interested, however, and Rebus finds himself seconded to an elite police unit with the mission of smashing whatever terrorist cell may exist. But the victim turns out to be a gangster's son, and the gangster wants revenge on his own terms.
©1994 Ian Rankin (P)2001 Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
Anthologies & Short Stories Crime Fiction
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Great, as always

Shame about the abridgement. Full text, please! This is an excellent story, beautifully performed. I just wish there was more of it.

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