Let It Bleed
Ian Rankin
Orion Publishing Group
<p>Two boys hug and jump... One man blows his brains out and does his lady a
 last favour... Alone in his cell another sets a ball rolling that may
demolish a glittering career... Everyone keeps secrets and sometimes not
 just their own. In an Edinburgh winter the wind blows chill and
penetrating. For Rebus it slams one door shut only to open another.
Investigating the disappearance of the Provost's daughter leads him from
 the Old Town to Silicon Gel, from drug addicts to government ministers.
 And plants the seed that grows into a nagging belief that there may be
some criminals beyond the grasp of modern justice. </p>