The Hanging Garden (novel)
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Author | Ian Rankin |
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Country | Scotland |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Detective fiction |
Publisher | Orion |
Released | 1998 |
Media Type | |
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.
[edit] Plot summary
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 |
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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 |