In The The Heights by #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sir Ian Rankin, murder comes to London's most exclusive high-rise - and every resident is a suspect...

'Ian Rankin is an all-time, solid-gold UK crime fiction great - read The Heights and find out why'

LEE CHILD

*****

MURDER COMES TO LONDON'S MOST LUXURIOUS HIGH-RISE: AND EVERY RESIDENT IS A SUSPECT.

The Heights: a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly built from steel and smoked glass, a billionaire's playground offering sumptuous suites for the global elite.

But when a night concierge is found murdered in the lobby, the building's rarefied atmosphere is shattered, and the gilded lives within come under intense police scrutiny.

In a world designed to keep prying eyes out, where the residents are not used to being held to account, born-and-bred Londoner Detective Gillian Gish must find a way past their power, wealth and unimaginable influence.

The rules may be different at the top - but is anyone truly above the law? Or could it be that the higher you rise, the further you fall...?

THE FIRST STANDALONE THRILLER IN TWO DECADES FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN

A brand-new full-length novel, expanded from the previously published short story The Rise.

*****

PRAISE FOR THE HEIGHTS:

'Terrific'

MICK HERRON, bestselling author of Slow Horses & The Slough House series

'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough'

CHRIS CHIBNALL, creator of Broadchurch and author of Death At The White Hart

'Simply superb. The king is still very much at the very top of his game'

ABIR MUKHERJEE, bestselling author of Hunted

'A high concept whodunnit from one of the legends of crime fiction'

STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of the Eddie Flynn thrillers

PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:

'Ian Rankin is a genius'

LEE CHILD

'Great fiction, full stop'

THE TIMES

'Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading ... Rankin has redefined the genre'

GUARDIAN

'Rankin is a phenomenon'

SPECTATOR

'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best'

SCOTSMAN

'The king of crime fiction'

SUNDAY EXPRESS

'The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life's pleasures'

EXPRESS

*****

Details

ISBN13: 9781398726819
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 352
Edition:
Publication Date: 06 Oct 2026
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.2(L)x2.6(W)440
Weight (gm): 440

Author Biography

Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of over thirty novels and creator of John Rebus. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have been adapted for radio, the stage and the screen.

Rankin is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards, including the Diamond Dagger, the UK's most prestigious award for crime fiction. In the United States, he has won the celebrated Edgar Award and been shortlisted for the Anthony Award. In Europe, he has won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the German Deutscher Krimipreis.

He is the recipient of honorary degrees from universities across the UK, is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature, and has received an OBE for his services to literature. In 2022 he received a knighthood as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

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