2009. Novel by Ian Rankin. Gravy’s Story - George Renshaw’s Scrapyard - Gravy’s Story (2) - Don Empson is Hunting - Stewart Renshaw’s Casino - Don Empson is Still Hunting - The Detective - Gravy’s Story (3) - Bob Sanders Meets a Bent Cop - Gorgeous George Phones his Brother - Jane and Bob Share Information - Gravy’s Story (4) - Jane is in Edinburgh Ian Rankin
2009. Novel by Ian Rankin. Gravy’s Story - George Renshaw’s Scrapyard - Gravy’s Story (2) - Don Empson is Hunting - Stewart Renshaw’s Casino - Don Empson is Still Hunting - The Detective - Gravy’s Story (3) - Bob Sanders Meets a Bent Cop - Gorgeous George Phones his Brother - Jane and Bob Share Information - Gravy’s Story (4) - Jane is in Edinburgh Ian Rankin
A shooting incident at a private school just north of Edinburgh. Two seventeen year olds killed by an ex Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'there's no mystery'… except the why. But this question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. Ex Army himself, Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer, and finds he is not alone....
A shooting incident at a private school just north of Edinburgh. Two seventeen year olds killed by an ex Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'there's no mystery'… except the why. But this question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. Ex Army himself, Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer, and finds he is not alone....
Storybook. Language: English. – Introduction – Trip Trap – An Inspector Rebus story – Someone Got to Eddie – A Deep Hole – Natural Selection – Facing the Music – An Inspector Rebus story – Principles of Accounts – The Only True Comedian – Herbert in Motion – Glimmer – Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards – Video, Nasty – Talk Show – An Inspector Rebus story – Castle Dangerous – An...
Rebus finds himself with a number of problems on his hands. His wayward brother, Michael, has returned to Edinburgh in need of accommodation — with only the box-room in Rebus's flat available. While out drinking, he meets an old army friend, Deek Torrance, who admits to being involved in shady activities, telling Rebus he can get his hands on 'anything from a shag to a...
Rebus finds himself with a number of problems on his hands. His wayward brother, Michael, has returned to Edinburgh in need of accommodation — with only the box-room in Rebus's flat available. While out drinking, he meets an old army friend, Deek Torrance, who admits to being involved in shady activities, telling Rebus he can get his hands on 'anything from a shag to a...
It begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve's brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego – the car was locked from the inside, a gun in his hand. In the US to identify the body Gordon comes to realise that his brother has in fact been murdered. What's more, it is soon obvious that his own life is in danger. Once back in Scotland he finds out that there have been more...
It begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve's brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego – the car was locked from the inside, a gun in his hand. In the US to identify the body Gordon comes to realise that his brother has in fact been murdered. What's more, it is soon obvious that his own life is in danger. Once back in Scotland he finds out that there have been more...
Damon Mee was last seen in a blurred security video on the dance floor of a Kirkaldy nightclub. It was a routine missing persons case and it wasn't even on his patch, but inspector John rebus said he'd look into it as a favour to the boy's father, a friend from his school days. In the deft hands of Ian Rankin, the ripples of the investigation widen rapidly. They lead to the...
Damon Mee was last seen in a blurred security video on the dance floor of a Kirkaldy nightclub. It was a routine missing persons case and it wasn't even on his patch, but inspector John rebus said he'd look into it as a favour to the boy's father, a friend from his school days. In the deft hands of Ian Rankin, the ripples of the investigation widen rapidly. They lead to the...
For the right man, all doors are open. Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and perhaps give new meaning to his existence. A chance encounter at an art auction offers him the opportunity to do just that as he settles on a plot to commit a 'perfect crime'. He intends...
2008. For the right man, all doors are open. Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and perhaps give new meaning to his existence. A chance encounter at an art auction offers him the opportunity to do just that as he settles on a plot to commit a 'perfect crime'. He...
2008 For the right man, all doors are open. Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and perhaps give new meaning to his existence. A chance encounter at an art auction offers him the opportunity to do just that as he settles on a plot to commit a 'perfect crime'. He...
Music under curtain.2007. 17th & final Inspector Rebus novel won ITV3 Crime Thriller Award. Just a week before Rebus’s retirement, Rebus and Clarke are investigating the death of a famous Russian exile poet who was mugged and beaten to death on King's Stables Road. Then a sound recordist with close ties to the dead Russian poet turns up dead. Rebus searches for the killer of...
Music under curtain.2007. 17th & final Inspector Rebus novel won ITV3 Crime Thriller Award. Just a week before Rebus’s retirement, Rebus and Clarke are investigating the death of a famous Russian exile poet who was mugged and beaten to death on King's Stables Road. Then a sound recordist with close ties to the dead Russian poet turns up dead. Rebus searches for the killer of...
Detective Inspector John Rebus finds the body of an overdosed drug addict in an Edinburgh squat, laid out cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, with a five-pointed star painted on the wall above. Some of his colleagues are inclined to categorise it as the routine death of a "junkie", but Rebus is perturbed by some unusual facts of the case: a full package of...
Detective Inspector John Rebus finds the body of an overdosed drug addict in an Edinburgh squat, laid out cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, with a five-pointed star painted on the wall above. Some of his colleagues are inclined to categorise it as the routine death of a "junkie", but Rebus is perturbed by some unusual facts of the case: a full package of...
Police Detective; Thriller. Detective Inspector John Rebus and Frank Lauderdale start the book with a car chase across Edinburgh, culminating with the two youths they are chasing throwing themselves off the Forth Road Bridge and in Rebus being injured in a car crash. Rebus' upset over this allows Rankin to show the character in a new light, revealing his isolation and...
Police Detective; Thriller. Detective Inspector John Rebus and Frank Lauderdale start the book with a car chase across Edinburgh, culminating with the two youths they are chasing throwing themselves off the Forth Road Bridge and in Rebus being injured in a car crash. Rebus' upset over this allows Rankin to show the character in a new light, revealing his isolation and...
The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex army, spots a paramilitary link, but how can this be true? It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in the throng...
The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex army, spots a paramilitary link, but how can this be true? It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in the throng...
A 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. 13th Inspector Rebus novel won The Edgar Award. Plot summary: Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'. He is put with a team of...
A 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. 13th Inspector Rebus novel won The Edgar Award. Plot summary: Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'. He is put with a team of...
The brand-new crime novel from number-one bestselling author Ian Rankin. It’s twenty-five years since John Rebus appeared on the scene, and five years since he retired. But 2012 sees his return in Standing in another man’s grave. Not only is Rebus as stubborn and anarchic as ever, but he finds himself in trouble with Rankin’s latest creation, Malcolm Fox of Edinburgh’s internal...
The brand-new crime novel from number-one bestselling author Ian Rankin. It’s twenty-five years since John Rebus appeared on the scene, and five years since he retired. But 2012 sees his return in Standing in another man’s grave. Not only is Rebus as stubborn and anarchic as ever, but he finds himself in trouble with Rankin’s latest creation, Malcolm Fox of Edinburgh’s internal...
Gregor Jack, MP, well like, 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. With his...
Gregor Jack, MP, well like, 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. With his...
Gregor Jack, MP, well like, 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. With his...
Mustn't complain' – but people always do… Nobody likes The Complaints – they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'The Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. It's where Malcolm Fox works. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's a man with problems...
Mustn't complain' – but people always do… Nobody likes The Complaints – they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'The Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. It's where Malcolm Fox works. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's a man with problems...
Storybook. Language: English. – Introduction – Trip Trap – An Inspector Rebus story – Someone Got to Eddie – A Deep Hole – Natural Selection – Facing the Music – An Inspector Rebus story – Principles of Accounts – The Only True Comedian – Herbert in Motion – Glimmer – Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards – Video, Nasty – Talk Show – An Inspector Rebus story – Castle Dangerous – An...
Storybook. Language: English. – Introduction – Trip Trap – An Inspector Rebus story – Someone Got to Eddie – A Deep Hole – Natural Selection – Facing the Music – An Inspector Rebus story – Principles of Accounts – The Only True Comedian – Herbert in Motion – Glimmer – Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards – Video, Nasty – Talk Show – An Inspector Rebus story – Castle Dangerous – An...
A tense and complicated thriller featuring inspector John Rebus from the acclaimed author of Black and Blue . Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a possible war criminal resident in Edinburgh. His immediate superiors are more than happy to have him tucked away in a quiet backwater for several months looking into ancient history. But...
A tense and complicated thriller featuring inspector John Rebus from the acclaimed author of Black and Blue . Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a possible war criminal resident in Edinburgh. His immediate superiors are more than happy to have him tucked away in a quiet backwater for several months looking into ancient history. But...
The Impossible Dead is a novel written by the scottish author, Ian Rankin. It is the sequel from the previous novel titled The Complaints. Like the previous book the crime thriller theme is continued throughout and outlines an investigation carried out by the main protagonist, Malcolm Fox. Plot The book starts with the reintroduction of Malcolm Fox. He has been assingned an...
The Impossible Dead is a novel written by the scottish author, Ian Rankin. It is the sequel from the previous novel titled The Complaints. Like the previous book the crime thriller theme is continued throughout and outlines an investigation carried out by the main protagonist, Malcolm Fox. Plot The book starts with the reintroduction of Malcolm Fox. He has been assingned an...
July 2005, and the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland. With daily marches, demonstrations, and scuffles, the police are at full stretch. Detective Inspector John Rebus, however, has been sidelined, until the apparent suicide of an MP coincides with clues that a serial killer may be on the loose. The authorities are keen to hush up both, for fear of overshadowing a meeting of...
BCA Crime Thriller of the Year.. July 2005, and the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland. With daily marches, demonstrations, and scuffles, the police are at full stretch. Detective Inspector John Rebus, however, has been sidelined, until the apparent suicide of an MP coincides with clues that a serial killer may be on the loose. The authorities are keen to hush up both, for...
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...
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...
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