Exit Music Rankin, Ian

Inspector Rebus is facing his final week on the job before mandatory retirement when a Russian poet is found dead after an Edinburgh poetry slam. The case pulls him into a world of exiled oligarchs, shady property deals, and Cold War ghosts haunting Scotland's capital. Ian Rankin delivers one of the darkest entries in his acclaimed crime series, pairing Rebus with DS Siobhan Clarke as they race against the clock—both the investigation's timeline and Rebus's own. The Edinburgh setting is rendered with Rankin's signature atmospheric detail, all foggy streets and whisky-soaked pubs. This is procedural crime fiction at its finest: morally complex, politically sharp, and deeply human. For fans of Scandinavian noir, Jo Nesbø, or anyone who likes their detectives flawed and their endings bittersweet.