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The Naming of the Dead


A Mystery Novel


Book 16 of the Inspector Rebus Series

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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.

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