By Ian Rankin
The proceedings: that's the identify given to the inner Affairs division who hunt down soiled and compromised police officers, those who've made offers with the satan. and infrequently The lawsuits needs to travel.
A significant inquiry right into a neighboring police strength sees Malcolm Fox and his colleagues solid adrift, uncertain of territory, protocol, or who they could belief. a complete station-house seems to be to were compromised, yet as Fox digs deeper he unearths the path leads him again in time to the suicide of a favorite baby-kisser and activist. There are secrets and techniques buried long ago, and reputations at the line.
In his most up-to-date pulse-pounding mystery, Ian Rankin holds up a replicate to an age of worry and paranoia, and indicates us anything of our personal lives mirrored there.
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