Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel, was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into over thirty languages and are bestsellers worldwide.Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America’s ...
Del commissario Salvo Montalbano credevamo ormai di sapere tutto: di conoscerne vita, morte e miracoli, i luoghi, i gusti, le compagnie… Ma il suo creatore, Camilleri, riserva ai suoi lettori ancora tante sorprese. Nei tre racconti di questo volume presenta un giovanissimo poliziotto, all’inizio della carriera, che intreccia una relazione non con la ben nota Livia, ma con una certa Mery; e il teatro delle sue indagini non ? la solita Vig?ta, ma uno sperduto paesino di montagna della Sicilia pi? segreta dal buffo nome di Mascalippa… Tra misteriose uccisioni di animali, ragazze troppo silenziose e troppo intriganti e il finto rapimento di una bambina, quello che risulta sempre familiare ? l’incorruttibile carattere di Montalbano, con qualche intemperanza giovanile in pi?, ma gi? riconoscibile come uno dei pi? umani e amati protagonisti della narrativa italiana contemporanea.
Maximilien Destroy, petit musicien de profession, retrouve lors d'une promenade au jardin du Luxembourg un ami, Cl?ment, qu'il avait r?cemment perdu de vue. Max va rentrer dans le cercle intime de Cl?ment et d?couvrir au fil de ses visites, la vie tumultueuse de cet ami…
The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man — facing charges of wilful murder, sexual assault and rape. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key. .
The statements before Inspector Morse appeared to confirm the bald, simple truth. After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold. Until two years, three months and two days after Valerie’s disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence for the case. .
Dopo essere rimasto ferito nel corso di una sparatoria, il commissario Vincenzo Collura, detto “Cec?”, decide di trascorrere un periodo di convalescenza su una nave da crociera. Ma non fa in tempo a godersi il riposo che anche in vacanza si trova a indagare su una serie di piccoli e divertenti gialli, aiutato da un fedele collaboratore, il triestino Scipio Premuda. Tra finti cantanti, fantasmi che appaiono misteriosamente in cabina, scambi di gemelle, cadaveri sconosciuti, bische clandestine e furti di preziosi gioielli, Cec? Collura si trova ancora una volta a dover fare affidamento sul suo prezioso fiuto, dote che ...
Detective Inspector John Rebus and Frank Lauderdale start the book with a car chase across Edinburgh, culminating with the two youths they are chasing throwing themselves off the Forth Road Bridge and in Rebus being injured in a car crash. Rebus' upset over this allows Rankin to show the character in a new light, revealing his isolation and potentially suicidal despair.After the unconnected suicide of a terminally ill con, Rebus pursues an investigation that implicates respected people at the highest levels of government, and due to the politically sensitive nature of what he is doing, faces losing his job, or worse. He is supported by his daughter Sammy, allowing their distant relationship to be built upon.The title refers to the Rolling Stones album .
