A Cool Head
2009 book by Ian Rankin
A Cool Head is Ian Rankin's entry in Quick Reads 2009.
Plot summary
Gravy works in a graveyard. One day his friend turns up in a car he doesn't recognise. His friend has a bullet in his chest. Gravy is asked to hide the gun and the body. In the back of the car is blood, and a bag full of money. Soon Gravy is caught up in a robbery gone wrong and is pursued by some desperate and mysterious men as well as the police.
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Works by Ian Rankin
- The Flood (1986)
- Knots and Crosses (1987)
- Watchman (1988)
- Westwind (1990)
- Hide and Seek (1991)
- Tooth and Nail (1992)
- Strip Jack (1992)
- The Black Book (1993)
- Witch Hunt (1993)
- Mortal Causes (1994)
- Bleeding Hearts (1994)
- Let It Bleed (1995)
- Blood Hunt (1995)
- Black & Blue (1997)
- The Hanging Garden (1998)
- Dead Souls (1999)
- Set in Darkness (2000)
- The Falls (2001)
- Resurrection Men (2002)
- A Question of Blood (2003)
- Fleshmarket Close (2004)
- The Naming of the Dead (2006)
- Exit Music (2007)
- Doors Open (2008)
- A Cool Head (2009, Quick Reads)
- The Complaints (2009)
- The Impossible Dead (2011)
- Standing in Another Man's Grave (2012)
- Saints of the Shadow Bible (2013)
- Even Dogs in the Wild (2015)
- Rather Be the Devil (2016)
- In a House of Lies (2018)
- A Song for the Dark Times (2020)
- The Dark Remains (2021; with William McIlvanney)
- A Heart Full of Headstones (2022)
- A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992)
- Beggars Banquet (2002)
- The Beat Goes On (2014)
- Dark Road (2013)
- Long Shadows (2018)
- Death is Not the End (1998)
References
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