# Dead Souls

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- Book: [Dead Souls](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-rankin/dead-souls) ([Dead Souls.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-rankin/dead-souls.md))
- Authors: [Ian Rankin](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-rankin), [James Macpherson](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-macpherson), [Bill Paterson](https://www.bookquiver.com/bill-paterson)
- Publisher: Orion
- ISBN: 978-07-5288-362-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2011-08-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The tenth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. 'Britain's best crime novelist' DAILY EXPRESS 'No one in Britain writes better crime novels today Evening Standard Stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, Inspector John Rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. When the social workers claim he is there for legitimate educational reasons, Rebus is faced with a dilemma - should he be outed to protect local kids or given a chance to start anew? As the locals begin a hate campaign Rebus gets a call from the past: the son of a friend has gone missing and no one else will make time to ask the right questions. And then a fragment of Scotland's criminal history is repatriated at the end of a life sentence for murder. Once more Rebus's cup of trouble runneth over and the ghosts of past misdeeds return to haunt Edinburgh's streets. **** Ian Rankin's A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023