The Complaints: Ian Rankin

The first novel in Rankin`s brilliant new Malcolm Fox series.

Nobody likes The Complaints - they`re the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as `the Dark Side`, or simply `The Complaints`.

Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He`s just had a result and should be feeling good about himself. But he`s middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship.

In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There`s a cop called Jamie Breck and he`s dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there`s more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when murder intervenes.