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The Heights

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In The Heights by #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sir Ian Rankin, murder comes to London's most exclusive high-rise - and every resident is a suspect... MURDER COMES TO LONDON'S MOST LUXURIOUS HIGH-RISE: AND EVERY RESIDENT IS A SUSPECT. The Heights: a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly... Read More
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In The Heights by #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sir Ian Rankin, murder comes to London's most exclusive high-rise - and every resident is a suspect...

MURDER COMES TO LONDON'S MOST LUXURIOUS HIGH-RISE: AND EVERY RESIDENT IS A SUSPECT.

The Heights: a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly built from steel and smoked glass, it is a billionaire's playground offering sumptuous suites for the global elite.

But when a night concierge is found murdered in the lobby, the building's rarefied atmosphere is shattered, and the gilded lives within come under intense police scrutiny.

In a world designed to keep prying eyes out, where the residents are not used to being held to account, born-and-bred Londoner Detective Gillian Gish must find a way past their power, wealth and unimaginable influence.

The rules may be different at the top - but is anyone truly above the law? Or could it be that the higher you rise, the further you fall...?

THE FIRST STANDALONE THRILLER IN TWO DECADES FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN

A brand-new full-length novel, expanded from the previously published short story The Rise.


PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:

'Ian Rankin is a genius' - LEE CHILD

'Great fiction, full stop' - The Times

'Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading ... Rankin has redefined the genre' - Guardian

'Rankin is a phenomenon' - Spectator

'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best' - Scotsman

'The king of crime fiction' - Sunday Express

'The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life's pleasures' - Express

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398726819

Publisher: Unknown

Book cover type: Paperback

Genre: Crime & mystery

Language version: ENG- English

Format: Paperback

Date Published: 06 October 2026

Imprint: Orion Fiction

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

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