Instead, he tracks down a violent-tempered young woman who knew the dead boy and heard him cry out his terrifying last words: Hide! Hide! Now, with the help of a bright, conflicted young detective, Rebus is following the girl through a brutal world of bad deals, bad dope and bad company. Inspector Rebus could call the death and accident-but won't. But in a shadowy, crumbling housing development, a junkie lies dead of an overdose, his bruised body surrounded by signs of Satanic worship. At night the summer sky stays light over Edinburgh. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.From a beautiful city's darkest side to the private sanctums of the upper crust, Rebus is seeking the perfect hiding place for a killer, in Hide and Seek, the second novel in the series from Ian Rankin. *** Hide and Seek is a taut and compelling crime thriller featuring the hero of Ian Rankin's widely acclaimed Knots & Crosses.' ***This early John Rebus novel by Ian Rankin is uncommon, especially in such nice collectable condition. ***'A junkie, dead in an Edinburgh squat, cross-shaped on the floor between two burned down candles a girl with a past, running scared and running wild a five-pointed star daubed on the wall - A society ravaged by drugs, and by more than drugs a death which begins to look like murder, but no one cares. A couple of pen marks across the barcode. Small nick to the bottom of the spine of the dustwrapper.

Head of spine and edges of dustwrapper just slightly rubbed and creased. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £12.99 net. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. ***Near fine in red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine.

First impression of the true first edition.

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