Mortal Causes An Inspector Rebus Novel Author:Ian Rankin The last people to die in Mary Kings Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in Edinburghs buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex-army, spots a paramilitary link. It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terr... more »orism in the thronging city streets. Special Branch are interested, however, and Rebus finds himself seconded to an elite police unit with the mission of smashing whatever terrorist cell may exist. But the victim turns out to be a gangsters son, and the gangster wants revenge on his own terms.« less