Mortal Causes

The festival is in full swing - and a killer hides among the crowds...

It is August in Edinburgh, and beneath streets packed with tourists, a body is found in one of the city's ancient underground passages.

Marks on the corpse cause Detective Inspector John Rebus to suspect sectarian involvement - and dread the prospect of a terrorist atrocity in a city filled to bursting point.

But when the victim turns out to be the son of a notorious gangster, the old currents of violence stir in the shadows, pitting Rebus in a race against time to stop them spilling out...

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