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Once again we join Detective Inspector John Rebus in the solving of another mystery in the city of Edinburgh. A junkie, dead in an Edinburgh squat, the body laid out with ritual precision. A girl with a past, running wild and running scared.

But who cares? These are the dregs, a squalid society of addicts and derelicts; people long since disconnected from a society that is preoccupied with the new businesses and the new home bringing prosperity to a city concentrating on advertising its quality of life.

Only Detective Inspector John Rebus senses something evil, something too dangerous to ignore that has to be investigated and brought up into the light. Something that may prove to be very closely connected indeed to the bright new world above. It is an investigation that will find him not just trying to solve a crime but fighting for his life.

What does the word "Hyde" have to do with unraveling the mystery? How does Inspector Rebus end up picking up a homosexual prostitute? What does the Inspector do with a teenage girl who turns up at this apartment without an invitation? These are all small parts of a plot that winds through all parts of the Edinburgh society.

The ending as in all Rebus mysteries is a revelation. Including not only who killed the drug addict but the repercussions our hero faces. The ending left this reviewer with reflections on not only this crime. But an even bigger question - the actual ability of offenses like this actually being stopped. Curious - read the book and find out what I mean.

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