Claire Price

Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.

Resurrection men: During the investigation of an art dealer's murder, a temper tantrum lands Rebus in remedial training-- the last chance at redemption for mavericks and marginal performers. There he falls in with two cops on the take. Discovering the extent of their corruption, Rebus tests the trust of all his colleagues on the force, including his partner, DS Siobhan Clarke. The first stone: Immediately before his induction as the new moderator...

John Rebus is a hard bitten detective who pursures truth on the gritty streets of modern-day Edinburgh. "The falls": After the gruesome murder of a prominent physician, Rebus and Clarke soon find themselves hot on the trail of an apparent serial killer. "Fleshmarket close": When a beautiful young seamstress goes missing, the search takes Rebus and Clarke to the mean, melting streets of Knoxland Estate, the high-rise project that houses Edinburgh's...

The black book: When a part-time prostitute turns up in a shallow grave among shale hills known locally as the Five Sisters, Rebus links her murder with the death of another young woman 10 years earlier. He targets a distinguished member of Parliament as the prime suspect for both cases. But the real proof may lie in an anonymously mailed book, lavishly illustrated and written in rune-like code. A question of blood: Called to investigate a college...

Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.