The Bennett family, consisting of a rainbow collection of 10 adopted siblings, their widowed father, their grandfather (a Catholic priest) and their Irish nanny, is leaving New York City for the serenity and safety of their Upstate New York vacation home. Detective Michael Bennett is especially glad to be away from New York, because his most recent case involved a cold-blooded drug lord who has sworn revenge for the killing of his lover. Although Manuel Perrine, AKA “The Sun King,” is behind bars, his money and power allow his reach to extend to unknown and unimagined extremes. Expecting to find tranquility and security at their summer residence in Newburgh, the Bennetts are shocked to find
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In this sixteenth Inspector Rebus novel, set in 2005 at the G8 summit meeting near Edinburgh, Scotland, a Member of Parliament turns up dead outside Edinburgh Castle -- an apparent suicide. Or is it? Then another body is found, in a place called the Clootie Well. This is a spot where people over the years have left clothing draped over tree branches for luck, or to appease the fairy folk. Clues point to the possibility of a serial killer. Add to that the violent protests against the G8 summit, and Detective Inspector Rebus has his hands full, even if his superiors weren’t doing their best to keep him off the case. After all, Rebus is a known troublemaker approaching retirement age and his boss doesn’t want him around to mess things up. The result is that
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