01317cam a2200301 i 4500 283821789 TxAuBib 20170201120000.0 160509s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780316342575 0316342572 TxAuBib rda Rankin, Ian. Rather be the devil : a novel / Ian Rankin. First United States Edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. 310 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier John Rebus, as incapable of settling into his retirement as he is of playing by the rules, investigates a cold case from the 1970s involving a gorgeous and wealthy female socialite who was found dead in a bedroom at one of Edinburgh's most luxurious hotels. No one was ever found guilty, but the scandalous circumstances of the murder have kept the town talking for over forty years. 20170201. Rebus, Inspector (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police Scotland Edinburgh Fiction. Edinburgh (Scotland) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)