"'On this form, nothing is beyond Ian Rankin.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Bears all the qualities that have established Ian Rankin as one of Britain's leading novelists of any genre. This should be required reading for anyone whose knowledge of Edinburgh has been derived from visits to the Festival.' NEW STATESMAN 'Ian Rankin is equally at home with the short story format as he is with the full novel. He is quite simply the UK's best crime writer.' SUNDAY TIMES 'It's difficult to think of a superlative to describe Ian Rankin - they've all been used' THE SCOTSMAN"