From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES br/>br/>\'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.\'br/>THE TIMESbr/>br/>* * * * * br/>br/>\'He\'s gone...\'br/>br/>When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it\'s not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days.br/>br/>Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.br/>br/>He wasn\'t the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective?br/>br/>As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn\'t want to find...br/>br/>PRAISE FOR A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES:br/>br/>\'Magnificent ... utterly unputdownable and an immersive pleasure.\'br/>MARIAN KEYESbr/>br/>\'This is Rankin at his best, Rebus at his best, storytelling that meets the moment and transcends all genres and expectations.\'br/>MICHAEL CONNELLYbr/>br/>\'An outstanding addition to one of the finest bodies of work in crime fiction.\'br/>MICK HERRONbr/>br/>* * * * *br/>br/>PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER:br/>br/>\'Ian Rankin is a genius\'br/>LEE CHILDbr/>br/>\'A master storyteller\'br/>GUARDIANbr/>br/>\'Rebus is one of British crime writing\'s greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse\'br/>DAILY MAILbr/>br/>\'Great fiction, full stop\'br/>THE TIMESbr/>br/>\'One of Britain\'s leading novelists in any genre\'br/>NEW STATESMANbr/>br/>\'Rankin is a phenomenon\'br/>SPECTATORbr/>br/>\'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best\'br/>SCOTSMANbr/>br/>\'The king of crime fiction\'br/>SUNDAY EXPRESS