A Heart Full Of Headstones

Ian Rankin, Orion Fiction, £22

Rankin has readers hooked from the first sentence of his latest Rebus novel: “John Rebus had been in court plenty of times, but this was his first time in the dock.”

The detective is on trial for acrime that could put him away for life while his side-kick DI Siobhan Clarke investigates a missing cop who has claims to have information that could spell disaster for Edinburgh’s police force.