Ian Rankin: The Heights (USA 2026)

From the Publisher:
#1 International bestselling author Ian Rankin returns with a razor-sharp, twisty standalone thriller -- this one exposing the lives of the 1% in London's most exclusive high rise

Facing Hyde Park, The Heights is London's most coveted luxury high-rise apartment -- designed to satisfy every need, with a gym, infinity pool, cinema, and more, where self-made owner-developer Allan Franklyn himself has claimed the penthouse duplex. His neighbors include some of "Money London's" biggest personalities: a wealthy art dealer, a young heartthrob pop star, a foreign heiress, a gangster's wife. The residents are used to service, deference, and privacy, all on their terms.

But when nighttime concierge Dwayne Hogarth is found dead in the lobby, none of that is in their control anymore, and everyone's under the unwelcome scrutiny of Detective Sergeant Gillian Gish. Her questions begin with the party on the 4th floor the night Dwayne died, which ended with a fight; the missing key to one of the apartments; and a mysterious gap in the security camera footage. Before long, Gish uncovers the unsavory truths and dark secrets that lurk beneath the glittering facades of the building and its inhabitants.

Filled with shocking twists and unforgettable characters, The Heights confirms Ian Rankin's status as one of the most original and compelling crime writers of our time.

Ian Rankin: The Heights. A Novel. Cardinal Books, ISBN: 9781538776100 (November, 2026), 256 p., $29.00, eBook $14.99.

Ian Rankin: The Heights (UK 2026)

From the Publisher:
Murder comes to London's most luxurious high-rise: and every resident is a suspect
The Heights: a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly built from steel and smoked glass, a billionaire's playground offering sumptuous suites for the global elite.

But when a night concierge is found murdered in the lobby, the building's rarefied atmosphere is shattered, and the gilded lives within come under intense police scrutiny.

In a world designed to keep prying eyes out, where the residents are not used to being held to account, born-and-bred Londoner Detective Gillian Gish must find a way past their power, wealth and unimaginable influence.

The rules may be different at the top - but is anyone truly above the law? Or could it be that the higher you rise, the further you fall...?

The first standalone thriller in two decades from the number one bestseller Ian Rankin
A brand-new full-length novel, expanded from the previously published short story The Rise

Ian Rankin: The Heights. The higher you rise the further you fall. Orion Books, ISBN: 9781398726802 (October, 2026), 352 p., £25.00, eBook £25.00.