Knots Crosses Author:Ian Rankin Edinburgh, Scotland - "the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls...And now a third is missing...Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is one of the many policemen hunting the killer....And then messages start to arrive: knotted strings and match... more »stick crosses - taunting Rebus with pieces of the puzzle only he can solve.« less