Malcolm Fox returns in the stunning second novel in Ian Rankin’s series… ‘<\/b>Criminally good’ <\/b>WOMAN & HOME<\/p>\n
From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Excitingly gripping storytelling’ THE TIMES<\/b><\/p>\n
Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple job is soon complicated by a brutal murder and a weapon that should not even exist.<\/p>\n
A trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985, a year of desperate unrest when letter-bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices, and kidnappings and murders were plotted. But while the body count rises the clock starts ticking, and a dramatic turn of events sees Fox in mortal danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Malcolm Fox and his team from Internal Affairs are back. They’ve been sent to Fife to investigate whether fellow cops covered up for a corrupt colleague, Detective Paul Carter. But what should be a simple job is soon complicated by intimations of conspiracy and cover-up – and a brutal murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[406],"product_tag":[206,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-102038","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-crime-thrillers","6":"product_tag-crime-mystery","7":"product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction-post-c-1945","8":"pa_book_author-rankin-ian","9":"pa_cover-paperback","10":"pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","11":"pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","12":"pa_imprint-orion-books","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-10952","15":"pa_publisher-orion","16":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","18":"first","19":"onbackorder","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n