Dead Souls

BOOK DESCRIPTION

A call from an old friend brings back memories and more than a little guilt for DI John Rebus. An old schoolfriend’s son has gone missing, the ghost of a dead colleague is inhabiting Rebus’s dreams, and a part-time poisoner is terrorising the local zoo.

Stalking the poisoner, Rebus comes across a freed paedophile taking pictures of children near the enclosures – and faces a dilemma: should the man be outed to protect local kids, or given a chance to start anew?

Meanwhile, a convicted murderer newly released from a US prison has Rebus in his sights for some lethal games. As complex and unpredictable as the brooding mists that envelop his Edinburgh beat, Rebus is ever resourceful, but this time more vulnerable and challenged than ever before.