The Impossible Dead

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and compromised cops, the ones who've made deals with the devil. And sometimes The Complaints must travel. 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. Malcolm Fox Returns In The Stunning Second Novel In Ian Rankin's Series... Malcolm Fox And His Team Are Back, Investigating Whether Fellow Cops Covered Up For Detective Paul Carter. Carter Has Been Found Guilty Of Misconduct, But What Should Be A Simple Job Is Soon Complicated By A Brutal Murder And A Weapon That Should Not Even Exist. 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.