A Game Called Malice Av Ian Rankin, Simon Reade

<p>A delicious, and somewhat drunken, dinner party segues into a murder mystery game created by the hostess. However, the parlour game may hold clues about the dark truths hiding just under the surface of this genteel gathering...<br><br>As suspects, clues and red herrings are sifted - it seems one of the guests has an unfair advantage: John Rebus, an ex-detective who used to do this for a living. <br><br>But is he playing another game, one to which only he knows the rules, that will soon be revealed? <br><br>As the tension rises, one by one, all their secrets will come out - and there is a shocking discovery that awaits them all...</p>