# Mortal Causes

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- Book: [Mortal Causes](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-rankin/mortal-causes) ([Mortal Causes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-rankin/mortal-causes.md))
- Authors: [Ian Rankin](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-rankin), [James Macpherson](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-macpherson)
- Publisher: Orion
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-07-5289-001-2
- Published: 2007-02-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

It is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing... A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the city's ancient subterranean streets and marks on the corpse cause Rebus to suspect the involvement of sectarian activists. The prospect of a terrorist atrocity in a city heaving with tourists is almost unthinkable. When the victim turns out to be the son of a notorious gangster, Rebus realises he is sitting atop a volcano of mayhem - and it's just about to erupt. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2001 Orion Publishing Group