Bleeding Hearts
1994 novel by Ian Rankin
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Bleeding Hearts is a 1994 crime novel by Ian Rankin, under the pseudonym "Jack Harvey". It is the second novel he wrote under this name.
Plot summary
Michael Weston is a professional assassin, but he also suffers from haemophilia. The wealthy father of a girl he killed by mistake years ago has sworn vengeance on the killer, hiring a private detective (Hoffer) to track him down.
Rankin has said that he wrote this book under the influence of Martin Amis's novel Money and that Weston was influenced by that novel's protagonist John Self.[1]
References
- ^ "Bleeding Hearts". www.mtv.com.
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Works by Ian Rankin
- The Flood (1986)
- Knots and Crosses (1987)
- Watchman (1988)
- Westwind (1990)
- Hide and Seek (1991)
- Tooth and Nail (1992)
- Strip Jack (1992)
- The Black Book (1993)
- Witch Hunt (1993)
- Mortal Causes (1994)
- Bleeding Hearts (1994)
- Let It Bleed (1995)
- Blood Hunt (1995)
- Black & Blue (1997)
- The Hanging Garden (1998)
- Dead Souls (1999)
- Set in Darkness (2000)
- The Falls (2001)
- Resurrection Men (2002)
- A Question of Blood (2003)
- Fleshmarket Close (2004)
- The Naming of the Dead (2006)
- Exit Music (2007)
- Doors Open (2008)
- A Cool Head (2009, Quick Reads)
- The Complaints (2009)
- The Impossible Dead (2011)
- Standing in Another Man's Grave (2012)
- Saints of the Shadow Bible (2013)
- Even Dogs in the Wild (2015)
- Rather Be the Devil (2016)
- In a House of Lies (2018)
- A Song for the Dark Times (2020)
- The Dark Remains (2021; with William McIlvanney)
- A Heart Full of Headstones (2022)
- A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992)
- Beggars Banquet (2002)
- The Beat Goes On (2014)
- Dark Road (2013)
- Long Shadows (2018)
- Death is Not the End (1998)
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