Standing in Another Man's Grave / Ian Rankin / 647 pages / Irish/Scottish Challenge

Wow!  - a tour of Scotland...and music groups - I felt almost as if I'd entered an altered universe.  Former detective John Rebus is working on cold cases as an adjunct to the police department.  Rumor has it the unit will soon be disbanded with only the supervisor, Cowan, retained on the force.  Rebus is approached by one Nina Hazlett who has been pleading for a decade for news regarding her daughter's disappearance.  Rebus agrees to look into the case.  His unorthodox methods and intrepid personality endear him to the reader, despite his bungling in the eyes of the department.