A Cool Head

A Cool Head

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name = A Cool Head
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author = Ian Rankin
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country = Scotland
language = English
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genre = Crime Fiction novel
publisher = Orion Press
release_date = 2009
media_type = Print Paperback)
pages = 128 pp
isbn = ISBN 0752884492
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A Cool Head is Ian Rankin's entry in Quick Reads 2009.

Plot summary

Gravy works in a graveyard. One day his friends turns up in a car he doesn't recognise. His friend has a bullet in his chest. Gravy is asked to hide the gun and the body. In the back of the car is blood, and a bag full of money. Soon Gravy is caught up in a bank job gone wrong and is persued by some mysterious men.


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