Tooth and Nail (novel)

For other uses, see Tooth and Nail (disambiguation).
Tooth and Nail

1st edition (under original title)
Author Ian Rankin
Original title Wolfman
Country Scotland
Language English
Genre Detective fiction
Published 1992 Century
Media type Print
Pages 304 pages
ISBN 0-7528-7727-5
OCLC 60513004
Preceded by Hide and Seek
Followed by Strip Jack

Tooth and Nail is a 1992 crime novel by Ian Rankin, originally entitled Wolfman. It is the third of the Inspector Rebus novels.

Plot summary

Rebus is drafted in by Scotland Yard to help track down a cannibalistic serial killer called the Wolfman, whose first victim was found in the East End of London's lonely Wolf Street. His London colleague, George Flight, isn't happy at what he sees as interference, and Rebus encounters racial prejudice as well as the usual dangers of trying to catch a vicious killer.

When Rebus is offered a psychological profile of the Wolfman by an attractive woman, it seems too good an opportunity to miss.

Connections to other Rankin books

Writing Tooth and Nail

In the Exile on Princes Street foreword to Rebus: The Early Years, Rankin says he was living in London at the time of writing and didn't enjoy it, so "I brought Rebus to London so he could suffer, too". The original title was Wolfman but Rankin's American edition editor came up with the title Tooth and Nail, which Rankin "liked better" as it kept the early title sequence ([something] & [something]) going.[1]

References

  1. Rebus: The Early Years, page vii - viii; 2000 printing, Orion Books


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