![]() ![]() It is the third of the Inspector Rebus novels. But in finding an ally, he may have given his enemies an easy means of attack. Tooth and Nail is a 1992 crime novel by Ian Rankin, originally entitled Wolfman. When he's offered a serial killer profile of the Wolfman by an attractive lady psychologist, it's too good an opportunity to turn down. Rebus is going have to deal with racial prejudice as well as the predations of a violent maniac. It's bad enough having several Chief Inspectors on your back without being hounded at every turn by an upstart Jock. His Scotland Yard opposite number, George Flight, isn't too happy at yet more interference. He also deals with the fickle justice of the Court system and his daughter's new boyfriend.īecause the first body was found in Wolf Street, because the murderer takes a bite from each body, the press have found a new terror, the Wolfman.ĭrafted down to the Big Smoke thanks to his supposed expertise in the modus operandi of serial killers, Inspector Rebus is on a train south from Edinburgh. The story sees Rebus travelling to London to aid the Metropolitan Police with the search for a serial killer. ![]() Tooth & Nail is the third novel by Ian Rankin to feature Inspector Rebus. ![]()
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