Strip Jack (Inspector John Rebus Series #4)

by Ian Rankin

Overview

Gregor Jack has it all: young, wealthy, and charming, he's a highly respected member of Parliament, with a beautiful wife—and a closet bursting with skeletons. When he's caught in a police raid on an Edinburgh brothel, his house of cards begins to topple. Enter Detective John Rebus: he smells a set-up. When Jack's flamboyant wife Elizabeth disappears, Rebus uncovers a full-house of orgies, drunken parties, an incestuous "Pack" of deceitful chums...and ultimately Elizabeth's badly beaten body. Now Rebus is on a new quest—to find a killer who holds all the cards.

Strip Jack is a stellar entry in Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series, which The New York Times calls "A superior series."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312545239
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/17/2009
Series:	Inspector John Rebus Series , #4
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	221,196
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ian Rankin is the worldwide #1 bestselling writer of the Inspector Rebus mysteries, including Knots and Crosses, Hide and Seek, Let It Bleed, Black and Blue, Set in Darkness, Resurrection Men, A Question of Blood, The Falls and Exit Music. He has won an Edgar Award, a Gold Dagger for fiction, a Diamond Dagger for career excellence, and the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to literature. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.

Hometown:

Edinburgh, London and France

Date of Birth:

April 28, 1960

Place of Birth:

Cardenden, Scotland

Education:

Edinburgh University

Website:

http://www.ianrankin.net

Editorial Reviews

A police procedural for readers weary of those stuffy cops who lack a sense of humor and spirit... Rankin gives his inspector a refreshing personality.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“A superior series.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Ian Rankin, you cannot go wrong.” —The Boston Globe

“A novelist of great scope, depth, and power.” —Jonathan Kellerman

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