Saints of the Shadow Bible

Schlafende Hunde soll man nicht wecken. Denn dann töten sie.
John Rebus ist zurück im aktiven Polizeidienst. Einziger Wermutstropfen: degradiert zum Detective Sergeant muss er nun seinem ehemaligen Schützling Siobhan Clarke zuarbeiten. Die beiden untersuchen gerade einen Autounfall, als bekannt wird, dass die Staatsanwaltschaft einen 30 Jahre zurückliegenden Fall aus Rebus Vergangenheit neu aufrollen will, der ungeheure Sprengkraft entfalten könnte. Damals war Rebus Team beschuldigt worden, Beweise in einem Mordfall manipuliert zu haben. Der mutmaßliche Mörder, ein Polizeispitzel, kam ungestraft davon. Mit den internen Ermittlungen beauftragt ist ausgerechnet der hyperkorrekte Malcolm Fox, der Rebus nicht über den Weg traut und doch auf seine Hilfe angewiesen ist. Rebus hat viel zu verlieren. Und er muss sich entscheiden ...

Informationen zum Autor Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into thirty-six languages and are bestsellers worldwide. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He has also been shortlisted for the Anthony Award in the USA, won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University. A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts. Rankin is a number one bestseller in the UK and has received 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. Klappentext Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus's team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide?