Exit Music is a novel by Ian Rankin. This is my first Rankin novel and it probably won't be my last. Though it took a bit to get started with this one, I have been hooked since early on. This is a mystery, one of my favorite kinds, no less, a murder mystery! The story revolves around a murdered Russian poet who has been living in Scotland and the detectives trying to solve the case. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. By apparent coincidence a high-level delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, keen to bring business to Scotland. The politicians and bankers who run Edinburgh are determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically.
But the further they dig, the more Rebus and his colleague DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack - especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Meantime, a brutal and premeditated assault on local gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty sees Rebus in the frame. Has the Inspector taken a step too far in tying up those loose ends? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, inglorious career, will Rebus even make it that far?
If you enjoy mysteries and you want something you haven't tried before pick up this Rankin novel.
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