![]() Haggard is threatening to reveal the police corruption at Tynecastle unless the case is dropped. Clarke is at first working on the criminal aspect of Haggard's domestic abuse of his wife, which has resulted in their separation Clarke interviews Haggard and also the wife, Cheryl, and her sister Stephanie Pelham, who has taken Cheryl in. The three of them frequently exchange information or ask each other for help. In this novel, Rebus, retired since 2007, DI Siobhan Clarke, and DCI Malcolm Fox all pursue their own investigations, though the cases come together around a policeman named Francis Haggard, stationed at Tynecastle in Edinburgh. ![]() The novel is framed by a prologue and epilogue both titled simply "Now." In these, John Rebus is on trial for a crime he commits at the end of "Then," the main narrative (divided into 8 days), which takes place not long before. The novel is set during the period when COVID-19 is a threat but lockdown has ended, probably in 2022. ![]() The title comes from the song "Single Father" by Jackie Leven, four lines of which are quoted on the last page of the novel. A Heart Full of Headstones is the 24th installment in the Inspector Rebus series written by Ian Rankin. ![]()
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