4.0 out of 5 based on 1 reviews. – Customer review on 24/10/2009

This is not Ian Rankin's best book but it is still a giant leap above the quality of so many writers who prefer to have gruesome death scenes described in detail.

Inspector Rebus is called to the raid of an illegal brothel where they find amongst the clients the local MP Gregor Jack. Amidst much media scrutiny of the MP being found in a brothel, Rebus begins to sense some trouble and starts to investigate how the media were tipped off about the raid and then the story becomes murky as a lengthy history of misadventures are exposed.

This novel was a quick and easy read, as the author himself admits, it is one of his lighter books but it is still Inspector Rebus, which means you get character development, a look at Scotland and a fine novel to read.