LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
A new standalone novel from this author is newsworthy indeed, if you love to explore the knotty intricacies of a police procedural then step this way. It is worth noting if you have already read The Rise, that this is an extended version of that short story.
Ian Rankin is a literary great, award-winning and bestselling go hand in hand and the first in his famous Inspector Rebus series, Knots & Crosses was published in 1987.
The Heights spins in an entirely new direction, from Edinburgh to London, and from the gnarly old-school John Rebus, to Tottenham born and bred Detective Sergeant Gillian Gish. One thing that Rebus and Gish do have in common is that they both are willing to break a few rules here and there.
The Heights in Hyde Park is a newly built high-end eighteen story building for the seriously rich. A night concierge is murdered, and as the occupying ‘great and good’ includes gangsters, a Russian oligarch, a rich kid with diplomatic immunity, and reality and pop stars, a complex riddle of an investigation begins.
There are a large number of characters to get to know from both the police and suspect side of the inquiry and it took me a while to settle in. The policing team regularly uncover new information about their suspects which heightens the tension. I throughly enjoyed getting to know Gish, and wonder if this will develop into a series. Chosen as a Liz Pick of the Month, The Heights is a twisty turny slow to build police procedural with depth.
If you love The Heights and want to experience more wealthy skyscraping crime thrillers then do try the fabulous The Pinnacle by Abir Mukherjee.
About The Heights
MURDER COMES TO LONDON'S MOST LUXURIOUS HIGH-RISE: AND EVERY RESIDENT IS A SUSPECT.
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The Heights Synopsis
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, 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.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781398726802 |
| Publication date: |
8th October 2026 |
| Author: |
Ian Rankin |
| Publisher: |
Orion Books an imprint of Orion |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
330 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Crime and Mystery
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Press Reviews
Ian Rankin Press Reviews
'Ian Rankin is an all-time, solid-gold UK crime fiction great - read The Heights and find out why'
LEE CHILD
PRAISE FOR THE HEIGHTS:
'Terrific'
MICK HERRON, bestselling author of Slow Horses & The Slough House series
'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough'
CHRIS CHIBNALL, creator of Broadchurch and author of Death At The White Hart
'Simply superb. The king is still very much at the very top of his game'
ABIR MUKHERJEE, bestselling author of Hunted
'A high concept whodunnit from one of the legends of crime fiction'
STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of the Eddie Flynn thrillers
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
*****
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About Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin was born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into thirty-six languages and are bestsellers worldwide. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He has also been shortlisted for the Anthony Award in the USA, won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University.A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts. Rankin is a number one bestseller in the UK and has received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
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