Allan Massie

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  • Standing in Another Man’s Grave

    Ian Rankin

    Orion, pp. 459

Rebus is back, in a novel long, meaty and persuasive enough to make up for the years of absence. Actually, he is only part-way back — on a civilian attachment to the Edinburgh & Lothian Police, and working on cold cases. However, the retiring age has been raised, and he has applied for re-instatement.

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