Murder comes to London's most exclusive high rise in this thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin

The Rise is a gleaming residential tower, newly constructed from steel and blackened glass, that stands on some of London's most prestigious real estate. Looming imposingly over Hyde Park, only multi-millionaires need apply for one of its sumptuous apartments. But when the young night concierge is found murdered in the building's lobby, the elite residents quickly find their gilded lifestyles under unwelcome police scrutiny.

Investigating officer DS Gish has her work cut out. The only suspects, those who live in the building, aren't accustomed to police interrogation. But it seems horribly certain that one of them must be the killer. Could it be the Russian oligarch? Or the lonely actress? Maybe it's the family of the career criminal? Or perhaps it's the building's reclusive developer who lives alone in the penthouse?

Obstructed continually by locked doors, governments both foreign and domestic, and an apparent absence of motive, can DS Gish solve this impenetrable mystery and apprehend the murderer-before they slip away forever?


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PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:

'Ian Rankin is a genius'
LEE CHILD

'Rebus is one of British crime writing's greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse'
DAILY MAIL

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

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

'Rankin is a phenomenon'
SPECTATOR

'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best'
SCOTSMAN

'The king of crime fiction'
SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Great fiction, full stop'
THE TIMES

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Ian Rankin's A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023