u003cpu003eu003cbu003eFrom the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMESu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.'u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eTHE TIMESu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e * * * * *u003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eu003cbru003e 'He's gone...'u003cbru003eu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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?u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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...u003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e PRAISE FOR u003ciu003eA SONG FOR THE DARK TIMESu003c/iu003e:u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e 'u003cbu003eMagnificent ... utterly unputdownableu003c/bu003e and an immersive pleasure.'u003cbru003e u003cbu003eMARIAN KEYESu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e 'This is Rankin at his best, Rebus at his best, u003cbu003estorytelling that meets the moment and transcends all genres and expectationsu003c/bu003e.'u003cbru003e u003cbu003eMICHAEL CONNELLYu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'An u003cbu003eoutstandingu003c/bu003e addition to one of the finest bodies of work in crime fiction.'u003cbru003e u003cbu003eMICK HERRONu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e