The Naming of the Dead

Description:

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.

subjects: Detective and mystery stories,  Police,  Inspector Rebus (Fictitious character),  Fiction,  Serial murderers,  Group of Eight (Organization),  Mystery,  Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural,  Criminals, fiction,  Serial murders, fiction,  Edinburgh (scotland), fiction,  Rebus, inspector (fictitious character), fiction,  Large type books,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Non-classifiable

People: John Rebus,  Siobhan Clarkes

Places: Edinburgh,  Edinburgh (Scotland),  Gleneagles,  Scotland

Times: 2005