Strip Jack By Ian Rankin - Rebus Bk4

When Scottish MP Gregor Jack is caught in a police raid on an Edinburgh brothel, his promising career begins to unravel. The scandal alone would be damaging enough - but then his glamorous socialite wife, Elizabeth, vanishes without a trace. To the outside world, Jack has it all: young, popular and married to a fiery, high-profile partner. But what was dismissed as a single lapse in judgement soon spirals into something far darker. Bodies surface where they shouldn't, a disturbed voice whispers clues from the confines of an asylum, and the polished image of a rising political star begins to crack. Inspector John Rebus is initially sympathetic - after all, who hasn't made a mistake? Yet as the mystery deepens and Elizabeth's disappearance refuses to be explained away, Rebus senses that someone is deliberately pulling Jack apart, exposing secrets meant to stay buried. Rebus is determined to uncover who is behind it - and why - before the consequences become even more deadly.