Saints of the Shadow Bible (Rebus) (42 page)

‘He’ll show you,’ he said. ‘Right now, if you like.’

Rebus opened the passenger door of the Saab, threw the remains of the Shadow Bible on to the seat and picked up Peter Meikle’s shoe.

Ian Rankin is the internationally bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus and Detective Malcolm Fox novels, as well as a string of standalone thrillers. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Ian is the recipient of four CWA Dagger Awards and in 2004, won America’s celebrated Edgar Award. He is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Hull and Edinburgh and was awarded the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.

The Complaints

The Impossible Dead

Knots & Crosses

Hide & Seek

Tooth & Nail

(previously published as Wolfman)

Strip Jack

The Black Book

Mortal Causes

Let it Bleed

Black & Blue

The Hanging Garden

Death is Not the End (a novella)

Dead Souls

Set in Darkness

The Falls

Resurrection Men

A Question of Blood

Fleshmarket Close

The Naming of the Dead

Exit Music

Standing in Another Man’s Grave

The Flood

Watchman

Westwind

Doors Open

Witch Hunt

Bleeding Hearts

Blood Hunt

A Good Hanging and Other Stories

Beggars Banquet

Rebus’s Scotland

AN ORION EBOOK

First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Orion Books.

This ebook first published in 2013 by Orion Books.

Copyright © 2013 John Rebus Ltd.

The right of Ian Rankin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All characters and events in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

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Lyrics from ‘One Man, One Guitar’ by Jackie Leven reproduced with the permission of CV Publishing Limited.

ISBN: 978 1 4091 4476 2

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