On a notorious street where propriety and decadence clash, in the basement of a newly renovated bar, the bones of a woman and child are discovered beneath a concrete floor. It's an unusually gruesome find, even for Fleshmarket Alley. When Inspector John Rebus is called to investigate, every fact he uncovers yields new questions--are the victims mother and child? are the remains real or fake?--until Rebus finds himself near the center of an intricate web of nurderers. Writing with the unstoppable narrative force that has made him one of the world's most popular novelists, Edgar Award winner Ian Rankin delivers his most explosive and surprising mystery yet.
"A superb crime novel." --Bill Ott, Booklist--
"Rankin Writes like a son of a gun." --Marilyn Stasio, New York Time Book Review--
"Full of wit and a wonderfully dry observational tone, Fleshmarket Alley is as multifaceted and masterful as the single-malt whiskey Inspector Rebus favors after a long day of sleuthing."
--Michael Endelman, Entertainment Weekly--