Rankin, Ian. Inspector Rebus novel series.

Includes a Reading group guide

"On a notorious street where propriety and decadence clash, in the basement of a newly renovated bar, the bones of a woman and child are discovered beneath a cement floor. It's an unusually gruesome find, even for Fleshmarket Alley. When Inspector John Rebus is called to investigate, every fact he finds unleashes a host of new questions - Are the victims mother and child? Are the remains real or fakes? - until Rebus finds himself near the centre of an intricate web of murderers. . ."-- Publisher description

"Originally published as Fleshmarket Close. London : Orion, 2004."