A Song for the Dark Times is yet another superb episode in Ian Rankin's unparalleled Rebus detective series.
'He's gone . . . . '
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news.
Her husband has been missing for two days.
Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.
He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever.
But is he going as a father or a detective? As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find . . . .
The iconic storyteller is at the height of his powers in one of the must-read books of the year : A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.
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A Song for the Dark Times is yet another superb episode in Ian Rankin's unparalleled Rebus detective series.
'He's gone . . . . '
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news.
Her husband has been missing for two days.
Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.
He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever.
But is he going as a father or a detective? As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find . . . .
The iconic storyteller is at the height of his powers in one of the must-read books of the year : A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.