Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead (USA 2012) From the Publisher: The Complaints: that's the Internal Affairs department that seeks out dirty and compromised cops, the ones who've made deals with the devil. And sometimes the Complaints must travel. A new inquiry sets Malcolm Fox and his colleagues adrift in unknown territory with befuddling protocol, and no clear guide to trust. When Fox uncovers a trail leading to the secrets behind a politician's suicide, suddenly reputations are on the line. Rankin's newest thriller shows our own lives reflected in this age of fear and paranoia. Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead. Back Bay Books, ISBN: 9780316078771 (November, 2012), 432 p., $14.99.
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Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead (UK 2012) From the Publisher: A trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985, a year of desperate unrest when letter-bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices, and kidnappings and murders were plotted. But while the body count rises the clock starts ticking, and a dramatic turn of events sees Fox in mortal danger. Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead. Orion Books, ISBN: 9781409136293 (May, 2012), 423 p., £7.99.
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Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead (USA 2011) From the Publisher: A major inquiry into a neighboring police force sees Malcolm Fox and his colleagues cast adrift, unsure of territory, protocol, or who they can trust. An entire station-house looks to have been compromised, but as Fox digs deeper he finds the trail leads him back in time to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist. There are secrets buried in the past, and reputations on the line. In his newest pulse-pounding thriller, Ian Rankin holds up a mirror to an age of fear and paranoia, and shows us something of our own lives reflected there. Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead. Reagan Arthur Books, ISBN: 9780316039772 (November, 2011), 391 p., $25.99.
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Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead (UK 2011) From the Publisher: The spiralling investigation takes Fox back in time to 1985, a year of turmoil in British political life. Terrorists intent on a split between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom were becoming more brazen and ruthless, sending letter-bombs and poisonous spores to government offices, plotting kidnaps and murder, and trying to stay one step ahead of the spies sent to flush them out. Fox has a duty to get at the truth, while the body count rises, the clock starts ticking, and he fights for his professional and personal life. Ian Rankin is in the best form of his career with this searingly insightful and page-turning second novel in the Malcolm Fox series. Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead. Some secrets never die... Orion Books, ISBN: 9780752889535 (October, 2011), 373 p., £18.99.
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