Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin

Dark stories from both sides of Edinburgh’s streets

Good Condition - with light cover scuffs, edge rubbing and a small crease near the upper rear corner.

Ian Rankin gathers crime stories that move from seemingly ordinary settings into the hidden pressures, motives and dangers beneath them. Police officers, criminals and people drawn unexpectedly into trouble encounter situations where a small decision can have consequences far beyond what they intended. Edinburgh’s streets and contrasting social worlds provide a recurring backdrop, while the collection’s varied perspectives reveal Rankin’s interest in the moral ambiguity surrounding crime. This edition includes seven Inspector Rebus stories and the novella Death Is Not the End, giving familiar characters room to operate within shorter, tightly focused narratives. Suspense, irony and sharp observation unite the collection, offering readers a sequence of unsettling encounters in which the truth is rarely as simple as the first explanation.