BEGGARS BANQUET Collected together for the first time, these twenty-one stories from the modern-day master of crime writing represent the very best of Ian Rankin's repertoire. Selected from ten years worth of material, they are taken from magazines, radio and journals. They include seven tales starring Rankin's outstanding creation, Inspector John Rebus. Stretching from suburban murders of loved ones to the sinister workings of a serial killer's mind and from a bent cop with a terminal approach to his work, to a hitman who gets more than he bargained for in a crowded fairground, these tales not only explore the human condition but also the inner life of a city like no other. For the streets of Edinburgh have seen more than their fair share of blood.