It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus's investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history. Has Rebus overstepped his bounds for the last time? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, controversial career, will Rebus even make it that far?

イアン・ランキンの『Exit Music』は、ミステリの枠を超え、一人の男の魂の叫びを描き切った重厚な人間ドラマです。定年を目前にしたリーバスの孤独と矜持が、秋のエディンバラの街並みに溶け込み、読者の胸を深く打ちます。変容する社会と古い正義の狭間で抗う彼の後ろ姿には、人生の黄昏を迎えた者だけが放つ、抗いがたい美しさが宿っています。 本作の神髄は、国際情勢と個人の因縁が交錯する中、リーバスが自らの生き様を再定義する過程にあります。ランキンの筆致は鋭く、一つの時代が終わる瞬間の静寂を鮮烈に描き出します。長い旅路を共にした友を見送るような、深い余韻を残す至高の引退劇に、あなたの魂も必ず震えるはずです。