First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE.

Ian Rankin is the internationally bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus and Detective Malcolm Fox novels, as well as a string of standalone thrillers. His books have been translated into 36 languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Ian is the recipient of four CWA DAGGER AWARDS and in 2004, won America's celebrated EDGAR AWARD. He is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, Hull and Edinburgh and received the OBE for services to literature. Find out more at www.ianrankin.net Mark Thomson has been the Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh since 2003. Before that he was the Artistic Director of the Brunton Theatre, during which time he directed twenty productions, of which nine were World Premieres. In the ten years Mark has been Artistic Director of the Lyceum there have been over twenty world premieres, including his collaboration with Ian.