A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still- both his family and the police- is that the body was in an area that had already been searched.
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled and now- after a decade without answers- it's time for the truth.
This isn't one of the best in the series. It's almost time for it to be the "Clarke"series. The Clarke character is strong enough to carry a book on its own. In this story, Clarke has the interesting crime to deal with while Rebus potters along on another investigation who feeds bits of information to Clarke's investigation.
For me the story is cluttered with too many characters, there's Cafferty of course and for some reason Rankin continues to employ the 'Malcolm Fox" character who adds nothing to any story he's been in.
My suggestion is that Rebus is time shifted back to when he was a working copper rather than the retired one who has populated the last few books.
This is one of the great series, Rebus, a great character but something needs to be done. This formula of two investigation in a book is old already.
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