The Flood av Ian Rankin

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<p>The book that began Ian Rankin''s phenomenal career.<br><b>From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES</b><br><br><br>''The themes that would come to dominate the Rebus books are already here ... the blurred boundaries between <b>good and evil</b>; the pull of superstition and myth; <b>the difficulties in escaping and resolving one''s past</b>; the emotional complexities of the male of the species; and, not least, a good <b>mystery</b>'' TIME OUT<br><br>Mary Miller had always been an outcast. Burnt in a chemical mix as a young girl, sympathy for her quickly faded when the young man who pushed her in died in a mining accident just two days later. From then on she was regarded with a mixture of suspicion and fascination by her God-fearing community.<br><br>Now, years later, she is a single mother, caught up in a faltering affair with a local teacher. Her son, Sandy, has fallen in love with a strange homeless girl. The search for happiness isn''t easy. Both mother and