John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from
the same road over ten years.
For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about
her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no
suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long ago, and Nina's
pleas to the cold case department have led her nowhere.
Until she meets the newest member of the team: former Detective John
Rebus.
Rebus has never shied away from lost causes - one of the many ways he
managed to antagonize his bosses when he was on the force. Now he's back
as a retired civilian, reviewing abandoned files. Necessary work, but
it's not exactly scratching the itch he feels to be in the heart of the
action.
Two more women have gone missing from the same road where Sally Hazlitt
was last seen. Unlike his skeptical colleagues, Rebus can sense a
connection - but pursuing it leads him into the crosshairs of
adversaries both old and new.
Rebus may have missed the thrill of the hunt, but he's up against a
powerful enemy who's got even less to lose.
On the twentieth anniversary of Ian Rankin's first American publication
comes a novel bursting with the vitality and suspense that made its
author one of crime fiction's most dazzling stars. Standing in Another
Man's Grave is the triumphant return of John Rebus, and a riveting
story of sin, redemption, and revenge.
