The Heights

A night concierge is found dead in the lobby of London's most coveted address, a luxury high-rise facing Hyde Park with an infinity pool, a private cinema and its self-made owner-developer, Allan Franklyn, living in the penthouse duplex. The residents, among them an art dealer, a young pop star, a foreign heiress and a gangster's wife, are used to service and privacy on their own terms. Now they must answer to Detective Sergeant Gillian Gish.

Her questions begin with a fourth-floor party that ended in a fight, a missing apartment key and a gap in the security footage, and they lead steadily beneath the gloss of the building and its inhabitants. Ian Rankin, long associated with Edinburgh, turns his attention to moneyed London here. The blurb promises shocking twists and memorable characters, making this a sharp, closed-world mystery for readers who enjoy watching a good detective unsettle the very rich.