Knots & Crosses (Inspector Rebus #1)
Ian Rankin
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
3.82
· 31 ratings · 244 pages · Published: 09 Apr 1987
That sort of thing... is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad end. Detective Sargeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is one of many policemen hunting the killer. And then the messages begin to arrive: knotted string and matchstick crosses — taunting Rebus with pieces of a puzzle only he can solve.
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