New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2007. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The sixteenth novel in the award-winning Rankin's mystery-crime series featuring Scottish Police Inspector John Rebus, this time being his usual thorn-in-the-side self to his superiors as the leaders of the free world descend on Edinburgh for an international conference and the delegate who falls to his death at a pre-conference dinner may just have a connection with the murder of a paroled rapist; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear, no tears or chips. A nice copy of a good novel.

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The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty...except one. John Rebus's reputation precedes him, and his bosses don't want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin, which explains why he's manning an abandoned police station when a call comes in. During a preconference dinner at Edinburgh Castle, a delegate has fallen to his death. Accident, suicide, or something altogether more sinister? And is it linked to a grisly find close to the site of the gathering? Are the world's most powerful men at risk from a killer? While the government and secret services attempt to hush the whole thing up, Rebus knows he has only seventy-two hours to find the answers.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003765
Title: THE NAMING OF THE DEAD
Author: Rankin, Ian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Printing, First U.S. Edition.
ISBN 10: 0316057576
ISBN 13: 9780316057578
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2007
Keywords: MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, SCOTLAND, INSPECTOR REBUS, POLICE PROCEDURAL,
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; Thriller; Crime;

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