{"product_id":"the-heights-the-first-standalone-thriller-in-two-decades-from-the-number-one-bestseller-pre-order-now-9781398726819","title":"The Heights: The First Standalone Thriller In Two Decades From The Number One Bestseller - PRE-ORDER NOW","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe The Heights\u003c\/i\u003e by #1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sir Ian Rankin, murder comes to London's most exclusive high-rise - and every resident is a suspect...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Ian Rankin is an all-time, solid-gold UK crime fiction great - read \u003ci\u003eThe Heights \u003c\/i\u003eand find out why'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEE CHILD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*****\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMURDER COMES TO LONDON'S MOST LUXURIOUS HIGH-RISE: \u003cb\u003eAND EVERY RESIDENT IS A SUSPECT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heights\u003c\/i\u003e: 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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...?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FIRST STANDALONE THRILLER IN TWO DECADES FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA brand-new full-length novel, expanded from the previously published short story The Rise.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*****\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE HEIGHTS\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Terrific'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICK HERRON, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Slow Horses\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; The Slough House series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRIS CHIBNALL, creator of \u003ci\u003eBroadchurch \u003c\/i\u003eand author of \u003ci\u003eDeath At The White Hart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Simply superb. The king is still very much at the very top of his game'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABIR MUKHERJEE, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHunted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A high concept whodunnit from one of the legends of crime fiction' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of the Eddie Flynn thrillers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Ian Rankin is a genius'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEE CHILD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Great fiction, full stop'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading ... Rankin has redefined the genre'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Rankin is a phenomenon'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCOTSMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The king of crime fiction'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life's pleasures'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXPRESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *****\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781398726819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 06 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.2(L)x2.6(W)440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 440\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Rankin \u003c\/b\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. 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