'Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel … An incredible true story and a great read!' BILL BROWDER

'If you want to know how Putin ruined Russia and to understand why it matters, you should read Rule of Lies' OLIVER BULLOUGH

'Jamison Firestone is a legend … his books is a remarkable firsthand account' FIONA HILL

An American lawyer’s brilliant, propulsive story of witnessing and playing a part in the transformation of Russia under Yeltsin and Putin. A true tale of fascinating personalities, criminal intrigue, harrowing situations, audacious actions and international politics that combines Bill Browder’s Red Notice with Michael Lewis’s Liar's Poker.

Raised by his father, a multimillionaire conman and crack addict who owned Manhattan’s most expensive brothel, twenty-four-year-old Jamison R. Firestone decided to change the channel. He graduated from law school in 1991 and sought his fortune in Gorbachev’s USSR, establishing Russia’s first independent foreign law firm.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire, Jamison lived in the maelstrom that was Russia, defending himself and his clients from mafia attacks, dealing with corrupt police officers, having his law office raided by armed commandos, and once having to bug the offices of the Russian police.

Jamison was at the centre of some of Russia’s most important events. He employed Sergei Magnitsky who was murdered for uncovering the largest tax theft in Russian history and teamed up with Bill Browder and Alexei Navalny to expose his killers. Along the way he inadvertently taught Navalny to make videos exposing corruption and started a war with the Russian government over passage of the Magnitsky Acts which threatened to sanction Russia’s most powerful people.

A real-life story that reads like a spy novel, Rule of Lies goes deep inside contemporary Russia and events that have reshaped the globe. Darkly comic, sometimes horrifying and deeply moving, it is a chilling warning of what can happen when a nascent democracy succumbs to one man’s corrupt iron rule, becoming not only an authoritarian nation but a profoundly criminal one-a true mafia state.

The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.

‘Rebus in jail and better than ever … Surprising, gripping and witty. Rankin has taken the police procedural and transformed into an epic character study of a man and his city … Nobody does it better.’
THE TIMES

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JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A DETECTIVE PUTTING EDINBURGH’S MOST DEADLY CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS.

NOW, HE’S JOINED THEM.

As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head.

That is, until a murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard…

However, this is a case where the prisoners and the guards are all suspects, and everyone has something to hide.

With no badge, no authority and no safety net, Rebus walks a tightrope – with his life on the line.

But how do you find a killer in a place full of them?

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PRAISE FOR MIDNIGHT AND BLUE:

‘Unforgettable … Proves that Rebus is one of the most remarkable characters in crime fiction.’
DAILY MAIL

‘With every novel, Rankin leaves us wanting more. Midnight and Blue is no exception. As Rebus ages, he becomes ever more human, ever more relatable, and the books become even better… This is unmissable.’
MICK HERRON, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

‘Midnight & Blue is a triumph. Rebus as you’ve never seen him before and Rankin at his best.’
ELLY GRIFFITHS, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

‘I was absolutely knocked sideways by it – it is utterly marvellous and so touching.’
JILLY COOPER, the Sunday Times Bestseller

‘A taut, claustrophobic thriller, that puts a Golden Age twist on a modern-day tale. The perfect book to keep Rebus fans clanging their tin cups against the prison bars, until the riot kicks off…’
STUART MACBRIDE, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

‘Kept me up reading until long after midnight. Blew me away. Absolutely brilliant, as always.’
JILL MANSELL, the Sunday Times Bestseller

‘Loved this tense, pacy thriller, jam-packed with action but also a surprising vulnerability.’
B. A. PARIS, the Sunday Times Bestseller

****

PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:

‘Ian Rankin is a genius’
LEE CHILD

‘Rebus is one of British crime writing’s greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse’
DAILY MAIL

‘Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading … Rankin has redefined the genre’
GUARDIAN

‘The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life’s pleasures’
EXPRESS

‘Rankin is a phenomenon’
SPECTATOR

‘Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best’
SCOTSMAN

‘The king of crime fiction’
SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘Great fiction, full stop’
THE TIMES

****

Ian Rankin’s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023

The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.

John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh’s most deadly criminals behind bars. Now, he’s joined them…

As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head.

That is, until a murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard…

However, this is a case where the prisoners and the guards are all suspects, and everyone has something to hide.

With no badge, no authority and no safety net, Rebus walks a tightrope – with his life on the line.

But how do you find a killer in a place full of them?

* * * * *

PRAISE FOR MIDNIGHT AND BLUE:

‘With every novel, Rankin leaves us wanting more. Midnight and Blue is no exception. As Rebus ages, he becomes ever more human, ever more relatable, and the books become even better… This is unmissable.’
MICK HERRON, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

‘Midnight & Blue is a triumph. Rebus as you’ve never seen him before and Rankin at his best.’
ELLY GRIFFITHS, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

‘A taut, claustrophobic thriller, that puts a Golden Age twist on a modern-day tale. The perfect book to keep Rebus fans clanging their tin cups against the prison bars, until the riot kicks off…’
STUART MACBRIDE, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

‘Kept me up reading until long after midnight. Blew me away. Absolutely brilliant, as always.’
JILL MANSELL, the Sunday Times Bestseller

‘Loved this tense, pacy thriller, jam-packed with action but also a surprising vulnerability.’
B. A. PARIS, the Sunday Times Bestseller

****

PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:

‘Ian Rankin is a genius’
LEE CHILD

‘Rebus is one of British crime writing’s greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse’
DAILY MAIL

‘Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading … Rankin has redefined the genre’
GUARDIAN

‘The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life’s pleasures’
EXPRESS

‘Rankin is a phenomenon’
SPECTATOR

‘Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best’
SCOTSMAN

‘The king of crime fiction’
SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘Great fiction, full stop’
THE TIMES

****

Ian Rankin’s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023

‘Very funny (and furious)… This is not some crazed figure on the extreme left hoping to bring down the establishment. The book is written by an accountant who has spent his career coming up with the very tax avoidance schemes the super-wealthy use to evade the clutches of HMRC.’ – The Telegraph

‘Funny, clever and really quite brilliant. Taxtopia will make you furiously angry and possibly even filthy rich.’ – Tom Peck, The Independent

‘If you want to know how skewed the system is and how the rich always get richer and stay that way, while you don’t, then read this book. Then get angry.’ – Patrick Alley, Co-founder of Global Witness and author of Very Bad People

‘A hilarious and deeply troubling expose about how the world’s shady tax system is exploited and proves what we always suspected – that our tax system is rigged against us. Read it and weep.’ – Geraint Anderson author of City Boy

‘Would I recommend the book? Yes, and it may also be worth going back over some of the more interesting ideas with your accountant’ –Spear’s

In TAXTOPIA a rogue accountant breaks ranks to share his journey from clueless naïf to skilled tax consultant -and in doing so blows the lid on the murky world of making the tax burdens of the ultra-wealthy disappear.

In the topsy-turvy world of tax avoidance, you can get richer by buying a yacht, the world’s biggest exporter of coffee is Switzerland, and billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and the Duke of Westminster often pay less tax than you do.

Written with sharp wit and over-brimming with inside secrets, the anonymous author shows us that not only does the global tax system encourage dubious practice which favours the rich, but that it was specifically founded with that in mind.

If you suspect that tax is a rigged game, a con, designed to fleece the little guy, you are about to find out just how shockingly true that really is.

Welcome to TAXTOPIA.