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A Game Called Malice

A Rebus Play: The #1 bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS
By Simon Reade and Ian Rankin
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A delicious, somewhat drunken dinner party turns into a murder mystery game devised by the hostess. But beneath the genteel facade, dark secrets lurk. As guests navigate suspects, clues, and red herrings, one player seems to have the upper hand: John Rebus, an ex-detective familiar with such games.

Is Rebus merely playing by known rules, or is his own hidden agenda about to be revealed? Tensions rise and secrets unravel, leading to a shocking discovery that will change everything.
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A brand new original Rebus play from the iconic #1 bestseller - in which all is not quite what it seems at an Edinburgh dinner party, full of secrets and lies...

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A delicious, and somewhat drunken, dinner party segues into a murder mystery game created by the hostess. However, the parlour game may hold clues about the dark truths hiding just under the surface of this genteel gathering...

As suspects, clues and red herrings are sifted, it seems one of the guests has an unfair advantage: John Rebus, an ex-detective who used to do this for a living.

But is he playing another game, one to which only he knows the rules, that will soon be revealed?

As the tension rises, one by one, all their secrets will come out—and there is a shocking discovery that awaits them all...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398721135

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orion

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 256g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture Ian Rankin Non-Fiction Simon Reade

About the Author

Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of over thirty novels and creator of John Rebus. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have been adapted for radio, the stage and the screen.

Rankin is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, including the Diamond Dagger, the UK's most prestigious award for crime fiction. In the United States, he has won the celebrated Edgar Award and been shortlisted for the Anthony Award. In Europe, he has won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the German Deutscher Krimipreis.

He is the recipient of honorary degrees from universities across the UK, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature, and has received an OBE for his services to literature.

Website: IanRankin.net

X: @Beathhigh

Facebook: IanRankinBooks

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