Scottish inspector John Rebus is sent back to police school for insubordination and then asked by the Scottish Crime Squad to help catch a powerful Edinburgh gangster with ties to the murder of an art dealer.
When the bones of a woman and child are discovered beneath a cement floor in Fleshmarket Alley, Inspector John Rebus is called to investigate and uncovers a disturbing link to a number of recent cases.
"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the history, location, many rooms, and uses of Edinburgh Castle as a fortress, prison, and museum"--Provided by publisher.
being the true and spectacular history of Edinburgh's notorious Burke and Hare, and of the man of science who abetted them in the commission of their most heinous crimes
Rosner, Lisa
2010
An account of early nineteenth-century serial killers William Burke and William Hare, who were accused of killing sixteen people in Edinburgh, Scotland in order to sell their corpses to doctors as subjects for dissection.
