Knots And Crosses.

IAN RANKIN

Publication: The Bodley Head, 1987, London

First edition. Signed. by the author on the title page along with his hangman drawing. Author's second book and first Detective Sergeant John Rebus novel. Fine in dust jacket. Introduces Det Insp. John Rebus. A serial killer is loose in Edinburgh and the city is horrified; murder isn't part of the image of Scotland's elegant capital. Rebus is having problems of his own....plagued by anonymous letters, accompanied by pieces of knotted string and little crosses made from matchsticks; plus his wife has left him, and his wealthy [by marriage] brother is suspected by a down-at-the-heel journalist of being a drug pusher. An excellent story; an intellectual puzzle, a game, a captivating & accomplished thriller with a chilling climax.