A junkie lies dead in an edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until john rebus begins to chip a...A junkie lies dead in an edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until john rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the edinburgh familiar to tourists.