A Song for the Dark Times, Paperback/Ian Rankin

From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin , comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES . When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective? As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find... PRAISE FOR A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES : " Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them ." ( THE TIMES ) " Magnificent ... utterly unputdownable and an immersive pleasure ." ( MARIAN KEYES ) " This is Rankin at his best, Rebus at his best, storytelling that meets the moment and transcends all genres and expectations ." ( MICHAEL CONNELLY ) " An outstanding addition to one of the finest bodies of work in crime fiction ." ( MICK HERRON ) PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER : " Ian Rankin is a genius ." ( LEE CHILD ) " A master storyteller." ( GUARDIAN ) " Rebus is one of British crime writing's greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse ." ( DAILY MAIL ) " Great fiction, full stop ." ( THE TIMES ) " One of Britain's leading novelists in any genre ." ( NEW STATESMAN ) " Rankin is a phenomenon ." ( SPECTATOR ) " Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best ." ( SCOTSMAN ) " The king of crime fiction ." ( SUNDAY EXPRESS )