bookshelves: spring-2015, published-2013, mystery-thriller, lifestyles-deathstyles, play-dramatisation, britain-scotland, edinburgh, radio-4x, execution, author-love, books-about-books-and-book-shops, historical-fiction, filthy-lucre, politics, poetry, betrayal
Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Laura
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Read from May 27 to 28, 2015

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02m6s19
Description: 18th century black comedy set in the seething Old Town of Edinburgh, where the resourceful if low-born Mr Cullender (caddie, manservant and general dogsbody) goes in search of a double murderer.
Ian Rankin’s play stars Alexander Morton as Cully, Richard Greenwood as Gisborne and Wendy Seager as the Lady.
Crime writer Ian Rankin is best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. He’s one of the most widely-read crime novelist in the UK, with many of his novels translated into numerous languages
A tale of Jacobites, murder, poetry, and the construction of Edinburgh New Town.