“Maybe not so much.” He leaned back in his seat. “That grave wasn’t meant for Magrath, you know.”

“No?”

Rebus shook his head. “It was Thomas Robertson’s. When I saw him in the hospital, I happened to mention a shallow grave. It spooked him, and now we know why—he’d been taken there and shown it. Scared him stupid…”

“But Christie let him go.”

Rebus nodded. “Darryl’s not a killer, Siobhan. Maybe one of his boys would have taken care of Magrath, but whacking the ground with that shovel was as close as Darryl was going to get.” He seemed lost in thought for a moment. “You know what this means, though?”

“I’m not sure.”

“It means I was right all along about that bloody song.”

He flicked the cigarette away as Clarke turned the key in the ignition.

“What song?” she was asking as Rebus began to wind the window up.

About the Author

Ian Rankin is a #1 international bestselling author. Winner of an Edgar Award and the recipient of a Gold Dagger for fiction and the Chandler-Fulbright Award, he lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.

Also by Ian Rankin

The Inspector Malcolm Fox Series

The Complaints

The Impossible Dead

The Detective Inspector Rebus Series

Knots & Crosses

Hide & Seek

Tooth & Nail (previously published as Wolfman)

A Good Hanging and Other Stories

Strip Jack

The Black Book

Mortal Causes

Let It Bleed

Black & Blue

The Hanging Garden

Death Is Not the End (a novella)

Dead Souls

Set in Darkness

The Falls

Resurrection Men

A Question of Blood

Fleshmarket Alley

The Naming of the Dead

Exit Music

Other Novels

Witch Hunt

Blood Hunt

Bleeding Hearts

Watchman

Doors Open

Dark Entries (graphic novel)

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Contents

Title Page
Welcome
Dedication

Prologue
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Part One
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Part Two
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About the Author
Also by Ian Rankin
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