A Song for the Dark Times

 

A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin  328 pp,

Retired Police Inspector John Rebus just moved into his new apartment but before he can settle in a phone call sends him out trying to find his daughter's missing partner. Soon it turns into a murder investigation when the man's body is found at an abandoned WWII prisoner of war camp in the Scottish wilderness. Rebus butts heads with the local constabulary while doing his own, unofficial investigation. Then  evidence connects this murder to that of a Saudi college student who lived in London with business connections in Scotland. After many twists and turns, and the involvement of a local crime boss and blackmailer, the crimes are solved, both together and separately. The audiobook narrator does a good job but occasionally the Scottish accent is a bit thick and the odd word was lost to a non-native speaker.