The Hanging Garden (novel)

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The Hanging Garden
Author Ian Rankin
Country Scotland
Language English
Genre(s) Detective fiction
Publisher Orion
Released 1998
Media Type Print
Pages 448 pages
ISBN ISBN 0-7528-7726-7
Preceded by Black and Blue
Followed by Dead Souls

The Hanging Garden is a 1998 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the ninth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It was the second episode in the Rebus television series starring John Hannah, airing in 2001.

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Detective Inspector John Rebus is investigating a suspected war criminal. Rebus helps a traumatised Bosnian prostitute and tries to intercede in a territory war between upstart gangster Tommy Telford and 'Big Ger' Cafferty's established gang. Telford is known to have close links with Newcastle gangster Mr Pink Eyes - a Chechen people-smuggler.

Rebus' daughter Sammie is knocked down in what looks like a professional hit-and-run. A Japanese gangster is killed by someone trying to frame Rebus, using his Saab car.

The title refers to The Cure's song "The Hanging Garden".

Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series
Knots and Crosses | Hide and Seek | Tooth and Nail | Strip Jack | The Black Book | Mortal Causes | Let it Bleed | Black and Blue | The Hanging Garden | Dead Souls | Set in Darkness | The Falls | Resurrection Men | A Question of Blood | Fleshmarket Close | The Naming of the Dead