Gregor Jack, MP, well-liked, young, married to the fiery Elizabeth - to the outside world a very public success story. But Jack's carefully nurtured career plans take a tumble after a 'mistake' during a police raid on a notorious Edinburgh brothel. Then Elizabeth disappears, a couple of bodies float into view where they shouldn't, and a lunatic speaks from his asylum...Initially Rebus is sympathetic to the MP's dilemma - who hasn't occasionally succumbed to temptation? - but with the disappearance of Jack's wife the glamour surrounding the popular young man begins to tarnish. Someone wants to strip Jack naked and Rebus wants to know why...

Review:

Here DI John Rebus investigates why someone wants to strip MP Gregor Jack of everything that matters to him - and be warned, this one you'll want to stay in the car for until it ends. (Kati Nicholl >Sunday Express< Rebus isn't convinced by a Scottish MP's story. A twist-in-the-tale tape-turner, one of Rankin's best, brilliantly read by James Macpherson. >won a gold medal in the crime category at this year's Spoken Words awards. Bliss :the Irish Times>;James MacPhersons, Readins of Ian Rankin;s novels deserve a special place in the audio-thrillers hall of fame. He takes us straight into the back of DC Rebus head, and makes us lothe to leave it. STRIP JACK is a juicily long abridgement, which allows plenty of time for us to get to know a gallery of possible suspects for the murder of an MP's wife who has an inconvenient liking for perverted sexual horseplay.' (Christina Hardyment >THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE