'Britain's No.1 crime writer' Mirror * * * * * A CASE THAT WON'T DIE John Rebus can't close the door on the death of glamorous socialite Maria Turquand. Brutally murdered in her hotel room forty years ago, her killer has never been found. Meanwhile, Edinburgh's dark heart is up for grabs. Young pretender Darryl Christie may have staked his claim on the city's underworld - but has criminal mastermind and Rebus' long-time adversary, Big Ger Cafferty, really settled down to a quiet retirement? Or is he hiding in the shadows until Edinburgh is once more ripe for the picking? Old Enemies. New Crimes. Rebus may be off the force, but he certainly isn't off the case. * * * * * 'Superbly told, impossible to put down ... underlines the treasure that Rebus has become' Daily Mail 'This elegantly crafted and witty thriller proves this old devil still has all the best tunes' Sunday Mirror 'Effortless plotting and a cracking narrative that keeps the reader gripped throughout' Daily Express

A Rebus Novel

Rather Be the Devil

Het is juli 2005 en de G8-leiders zijn verzameld in Schotland. Door alle protestmarsen, demonstraties en rellen is de politie op oorlogssterkte. Iedereen is op straat, behalve inspecteur Rebus, die strikte orders heeft het bureau te bemannen. Rebus houdt zich koest, totdat een parlementslid zelfmoord pleegt en er een seriemoordenaar actief blijkt te zijn. De autoriteiten willen beide zaken stilhouden, uit angst dat de topontmoeting overschaduwd wordt, maar Rebus gaat zijn eigen gang.

John Rebus

Gedenk de doden

A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists. Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group

Hide And Seek

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 was in his hand. In the US to identify the body Gordon realises that his brother has been murdered. What's more, it's soon obvious that his own life is in danger. Once back in Scotland he finds out his home has been bugged by professionals. But Reeve is a professional too. Ex-SAS, he was half of a two-man unit with someone he came to fear, then to hate. It looks like his nemesis is back... Read by Steven Pacey (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group

Blood Hunt

The death of a journalist from a single bullet to the heart makes for a dramatic story - but the twist in the tale is that this time, it's the man who fired the gun who's asking all the questions... The assassin, Michael Weston, knows he has carried out his assignment successfully. One mistake was enough, a long time ago, when a young girl had accidentally received the fatal bullet. Her father hired a PI named Hoffer to track him down. Every time Weston completed a job, Hoffer was not far behind. But why had the police been on the scene so quickly? Weston has to find out - even if it means coming face to face with Hoffer... Read by Steven Pacey (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group

Bleeding Hearts

Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple job is soon complicated by a brutal murder and a weapon that should not even exist. A trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985, a year of desperate unrest when letter-bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices, and kidnappings and murders were plotted. But while the body count rises the clock starts ticking, and a dramatic turn of events sees Fox in mortal danger. Read by Peter Forbes (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group

The Impossible Dead

Rebus is off the case - literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at a colleague. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - in other words, he's in the Last Chance Saloon. Rebus is assigned to an old, unsolved case, but there are those in his team who have their own secrets - and they'll stop at nothing to protect them. Rebus is also asked to act as a go-between for gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty. And as newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke works the case of the murdered art dealer, she is brought closer to Cafferty than she could ever have anticipated... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group

Resurrection Men

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'. Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship. In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when murder intervenes. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2009 Orion Publishing Group

The Complaints

It's late autumn in Edinburgh and late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector Rebus. As he tries to tie up some loose ends before retirement, a murder case intrudes. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. By apparent coincidence, a delegation of Russian businessmen is in town - and everyone is determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically. But the further they dig, the more Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack - especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Meanwhile, a brutal and premeditated assault on a local gangster sees Rebus in the frame. Has the Inspector taken a step too far in tying up those loose ends? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, inglorious career, will Rebus even make it that far? Read by James Macpherson (p) 2007 Orion Publishing Group

Exit Music

An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme. Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters want him to retire. But Rebus is stubborn. As he investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers' detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love... Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared and Siobhan must help the family, which means getting close to a convicted rapist. Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons found buried beneath a cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. An elaborate stunt - but whose, and for what purpose? And how can it tie to the murder on the housing-scheme known as Knoxland? Read by James Macpherson (p) 2004 Orion Publishing Group

Fleshmarket Close

When a close colleague is brutally attacked, Inspector John Rebus is drawn into a case involving a hotel fire, an unidentified body, and a long forgotten night of terror and murder. Pursued by dangerous ghosts and tormented by the coded secrets of his colleague's notebook, Rebus must piece together the most complex and confusing of jigsaws. But not everyone wants the puzzle solved - perhaps not even Rebus himself... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group

The Black Book

His novels are playing a significant part in redefining Scotland's image of itself in literature' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY In REBUS'S SCOTLAND Ian Rankin uncovers the Scotland that the tourist never sees, highlighting the places that inspired the settings for the Inspector Rebus novels. Rankin also reveals the story of Rebus and how he came into being, who he is, and what his - and Rankin's - Scotland is like. With 75 evocative photographs, specially commissioned to reflect the text, REBUS'S SCOTLAND is the perfect gift for anyone interested in Scotland or in the novels of Ian Rankin. Read by Ian Rankin, with extracts read by James Macpherson (p) 2005 Orion Publishing Group

Rebus's Scotland

"My dad used to say to me, 'Try to keep a cool head and a warm heart'. At least I think it was my dad. I don't really remember him." Gravy worked in the graveyard - hence the name. He was having a normal day until his friend Benjy turned up in a car Gravy didn't recognise. Benjy had a bullet hole in his chest, but lived just long enough to ask Gravy to hide him and look after his gun. Gravy had looked after things for Benjy before, but never a gun. When Gravy looked in the car he found blood, a balaclava and a bag stuffed with money. Gravy's not too bright but he wants to help his friend. So Gravy finds himself caught up in the middle of a robbery gone wrong, a woman who witnessed a murder, and some very unpleasant men who will do anything to get back the money Benjy stole... Read by Peter Forbes (p) 2009 WF Howes Ltd

A Cool Head

A murder has been committed - but as the victim was a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is too concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that a serial killer is on the loose... When Rebus also starts looking into the apparent suicide of an MP, he is abruptly warned off the case, not least because the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland, and Rebus's bosses want him well out of the way. But Rebus has never been one to stick to the rules, and when Siobhan has a very personal reason for hunting down a riot cop, it looks as though both Rebus and Clarke may be up against their own side... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group

The Naming Of The Dead

Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in 300 years. As political passions run high, DI John Rebus is charged with liaison, thanks to the new parliament being resident in Queensbury House, bang in the middle of his patch. But Queensbury House has its own, dark past. Legend has it that a young man was roasted there on a spit by a madman. When the fireplace where the youth died is uncovered another more recent murder victim is found. Days later, in the gardens outside, there is another body and Rebus is under pressure to find instant answers. As the case proceeds, the Inspector finds himself face to face with one of Edinburgh's most notorious criminals... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

Set In Darkness

Retirement doesn't suit John Rebus. He wasn't made for hobbies, holidays or home improvements. Being a cop is in his blood. So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help on a case, Rebus doesn't need long to consider his options. Clarke's been investigating the death of a senior lawyer whose body was found along with a threatening note. On the other side of Edinburgh, Big Ger Cafferty - Rebus's long-time nemesis - has received an identical note and a bullet through his window. Now it's up to Clarke and Rebus to connect the dots and stop a killer. Even Dogs in the Wild brings back Ian Rankin's greatest characters in a story exploring the darkest corners of our instincts and desires. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

Even Dogs in the Wild

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... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

Strip Jack

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 settles on a plot to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the capital - the National Gallery of Scotland. So, together with two close friends from the art world, he devises a plan to lift some of the most valuable artwork around. But of course, the real trick is to rob the place for all its worth whilst persuading the world that no crime was ever committed... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2008 Orion Publishing Group

Doors Open

They call him the Wolfman - because he takes a bite out of his victims and because they found the first victim in the East End's lonely Wolf Street. Scotland Yard are anxious to find the killer and Inspector Rebus is drafted in to help. But his Scotland Yard opposite number, George Flight, isn't happy at yet more interference, and Rebus finds himself dealing with racial prejudice as well as the predations of a violent maniac. When Rebus is offered a serial killer profile of the Wolfman by an attractive female psychologist, it's too good an opportunity to miss. But in finding an ally, he may have given his enemies an easy means of attack. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

Tooth And Nail

Interpol have tried and failed to find the terrorist, Witch. Now the combined forces of Scotland Yard and MI5 must try the impossible to prevent a major international incident. Dominic Elder carries her autograph wherever he goes. Witch is his passion, his obsession. And being retired is no bar to his willingness to restart the hunt. MI5 know that the man who wrote the Witch file is the key to catching their quarry. But the truth isn't easy to spot. And it is only when an MI5 novice and his French counterpart piece together the smallest of clues, that Witch suddenly looks vulnerable... Read by Susannah Fielding (p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group

Witch Hunt

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, and an internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2001 Orion Publishing Group

The Falls

Rebus is juggling four cases trying to nail one killer - who might just lead back to the infamous Bible John. And he's doing it under the scrutiny of an internal inquiry led by a man he has just accused of taking backhanders from Glasgow's Mr Big. As if this wasn't enough, there are TV cameras at his back investigating a miscarriage of justice, making Rebus a criminal in the eyes of a million or more viewers. Just one mistake is likely to mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death or, worse still, losing his job. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

Black And Blue

It is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing... A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the city's ancient subterranean streets and marks on the corpse cause Rebus to suspect the involvement of sectarian activists. The prospect of a terrorist atrocity in a city heaving with tourists is almost unthinkable. When the victim turns out to be the son of a notorious gangster, Rebus realises he is sitting atop a volcano of mayhem - and it's just about to erupt. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group

Mortal Causes

Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the Lord Provost's daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been waste paper years ago? And why on earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office's Permanent Secretary? Sucked into the machine that is modern Scotland, Rebus confronts the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond justice... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

Let It Bleed

An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme. Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters want him to retire. But Rebus is stubborn. As he investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers' detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love... Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared and Siobhan must help the family, which means getting close to a convicted rapist. Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons found buried beneath a cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. An elaborate stunt - but whose, and for what purpose? And how can it tie to the murder on the housing-scheme known as Knoxland? Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

It's late autumn in Edinburgh and late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector Rebus. As he tries to tie up some loose ends before retirement, a murder case intrudes. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. By apparent coincidence, a delegation of Russian businessmen is in town - and everyone is determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically. But the further they dig, the more Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack - especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Meanwhile, a brutal and premeditated assault on a local gangster sees Rebus in the frame. Has the Inspector taken a step too far in tying up those loose ends? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, inglorious career, will Rebus even make it that far? Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, and an internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance... Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

DI Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork but an escalating dispute between the upstart Tommy Telford and Big Ger Cafferty's gang gives Rebus an escape clause. Telford is known to have close links with a Chechen gangster bringing refugees into Britain as prostitutes. When Rebus takes under his wing a distraught Bosnian call girl, it gives him a personal reason to make sure Telford goes back to Paisley and pronto. Then Rebus's daughter is the victim of an all too professional hit-and-run and Rebus knows that there is now nothing he won't do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford - even if it means cutting a deal with the devil. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

The Hanging Garden

A series of seemingly random disappearances - stretching back to the millennium. A mother determined to find the truth. A retired cop desperate to get his old life back... It's been some time since Rebus was forced to retire, and he now works as a civilian in a cold-case unit. So when a long-dead case bursts back to life, he can't resist the opportunity to get his feet under the CID desk once more. But Rebus is as stubborn and anarchic as ever, and he quickly finds himself in deep with pretty much everyone, including DI Siobhan Clarke. All Rebus wants to do is uncover the truth. The big question is: can he be the man he once was and still stay on the right side of the law? Read by James Macpherson (p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group

Standing in Another Man's Grave

Mary Miller had always been an outcast. Burnt in a chemical mix as a young girl, sympathy for her quickly faded when the young man who pushed her in died in a mining accident just two days later. From then on she was regarded with a mixture of suspicion and fascination by her God-fearing community. Now, years later, she is a single mother, caught up in a faltering affair with a local teacher. Her son, Sandy, has fallen in love with a strange homeless girl. The search for happiness isn't easy. Both mother and son must face a dark secret from their past, in the growing knowledge that their small dramas are being played out against a much larger canvas, glimpsed only in symbols and flickering images - of decay and regrowth, of fire and water - of the flood. Read by Chris Reilly (p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group

The Flood

Stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, Inspector John Rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. When the social workers claim he is there for legitimate educational reasons, Rebus is faced with a dilemma - should he be outed to protect local kids or given a chance to start anew? As the locals begin a hate campaign Rebus gets a call from the past: the son of a friend has gone missing and no one else will make time to ask the right questions. And then a fragment of Scotland's criminal history is repatriated at the end of a life sentence for murder. Once more Rebus's cup of trouble runneth over and the ghosts of past misdeeds return to haunt Edinburgh's streets. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

Dead Souls

And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you... ' 'That sort of thing' is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad end. Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is one of many policemen hunting the killer. And then the messages begin to arrive: knotted string and matchstick crosses - taunting Rebus with pieces of a puzzle only he can solve. Read by James Macpherson (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group

Knots And Crosses

'Navn på de døde' er et sprængfarligt miks af action og politik - med en af de mest omtalte uger i nyere britisk historie som baggrund. I juli 2005 samles lederne af de otte mest magtfulde nationer i Skotland til et møde om at bekæmpe verdens fattigdom - et såkaldt G8-topmøde, og verdens øjne hviler på Skotland. Men da et parlamentsmedlem tilsyneladende begår selvmord, og nye beviser i en mordsag peger hen imod en seriemorders værk, kan Rebus dog ikke længere holde sig i skindet. Hans overordnede vil helst dysse det hele ned - intet må overskygge topmødet - men Rebus har aldrig været den, der overholder reglerne. ”... endnu en veldrejet, velturneret og eminent velorganiseret krimi af mesteren Ian Rankin.” Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken ”Man er vildt godt underholdt ind til cirka halvvejs, hvor man så samtidigt begynder at blive vildt imponeret. Rankins plot afslører sig som et udspekuleret partitur til en mesterlig krimisymfoni.” Mette Strømfeldt, BT ”Samtidshistorie og krimihandling smelter sammen, så resultatet bliver endnu en fremragende bog af en af tidens helt store kriminalforfattere.” Hans Larsen, Ekstra Bladet ”Og ja, jeg kan kun sige, læs den før din nabo, hvis du er til gode velskrevne krimier. Du vil aldrig fortryde det.” Lilly Jensen, Helsingør Dagblad ”Ian Rankin prenter sin signatur ind i litteraturens helligste haller som en mesters mester med 'Navn på de døde'.” Mogens Rude, Jydske Vestkysten Sekstende bog i serien om John Rebus.

Rebus

Navn på de døde

Advokaten Bobby Carter, hvis klienter ikke var Guds bedste børn, er død, og der er ikke tale om en ulykke. I mellemtiden er Laidlaws rygte løbet ham i forkøbet; han er ikke ligefrem en holdspiller, og situationen er sprængfarlig. Der er krig mellem to af Glasgows værste bander, men er advokatens mord et resultat af den konflikt? Der er ikke mangel på mistænkte i noget samfundslag, og spørgsmålet er, om Laidlaws sans for, hvad der rører sig på gaden, kan være nøglen til at opklare mordet i tide. Laidlaws jagt på sandheden rummer øjeblikke af klarhed, men alle ved, at mørket lurer! Det ufærdige, håndskrevne manuskript til denne bog har samlet støv siden McIlvanneys død i 1995, men heldigvis blev det taget op, af Skotlands måske største nulevende krimiforfatter – og McIlvanney-fan – Ian Rankin, som er bedst kendt for sine krimier om John Rebus. “Ros til William McIlvanney. Han sparkede døren op, så folk som Ian Rankin, Denise Mina og jeg selv kunne snige sig ind bag ham.” Val McDermid “Den rene destillerede essens af skotsk kriminallitteratur.” Peter May “McIlvanney er det originale, skotske forbrydergeni.” Chris Brookmyre “De fleste af os, der skriver kriminallitteratur i dag, står på skuldrene af kæmper. Sådan en kæmpe er McIlvanney.” Mark Billingham ”Ros til Ian Rankin: Ian Rankin er et geni” Lee Child

Mørket lurer

Kriminalkommissær John Rebus går tit over stregen, uden at der bliver grebet ind. Men da han smider et krus te efter sin chef, Gill Templer, får det konsekvenser, og han bliver sendt på genopdragelseskursus på den Skotske Politiskole. De fem andre politifolk på kurset hører også til blandt de mere uortodokse i styrken. Mørkemændene bliver sat til at løse et seks år gammelt, uopklaret mord på Eric Lomax – en småforbryder, der havde slået sine folder i udkanten af byens underverden. De involverede politifolk havde kun været glade for at slippe af med ham og havde ikke prioriteret opklaringen særlig højt. Flere af Mørkemændene kendte Lomax, og spørgsmålet melder sig, om valget af denne sag beror på en tilfældighed, og om nogen højere oppe i systemet ikke så meget går efter at genopdrage Mørkemændene, men mere efter at finde et påskud til at slippe af med dem én gang for alle. Trettende bog i serien om John Rebus.

Mørkemænd

Lige siden John Rebus blev tvunget på pension, har han arbejdet for Edinburghs Serious Crime Rewiew Unit, afdelingen for uopklarede sager, som civil medarbejder, men han savner livet i frontlinjen. Så da en tolv år gammel sag om en forsvundet ung kvinde lander på hans bord, kan han ikke modstå fristelsen til igen at få foden indenfor hos kriminalpolitiet. Rebus lægger sig hurtigt ud med alt og alle: Med sin tidligere kollega Siobhan Clarke, sin gamle modstander Morris Gerald Cafferty, og den nye, unge vicekommissær i kriminalpolitiet. Dertil kommer, at der er én person, der vil gøre hvad som helst for, at Rebus aldrig vender tilbage, nemlig Malcolm Fox fra ‘Klagerne’ som er overbevist om, at Rebus er korrupt. Og efterhånden som Rebus overskrider den ene grænse efter den anden, ser det ud til, at Fox måske har ret.  Det eneste Rebus går efter er at finde ud af sandheden om en stribe unge kvinder, som er forsvundet; sager, der strækker sig over tolv år og tilsyneladende ikke har noget med hinanden at gøre.  Med 'I en anden mands grav' er en John Rebus tilbage på banen, og det store spørgsmål er: Kan han leve op til sit gamle jeg og alligevel holde sig på den rigtige side af loven? Attende bog i serien om John Rebus og samtidig tredje bog i serien om Malcolm Fox

Rebus og Fox

I en anden mands grav

Edinburgh er en spøgelsesby - fyldt med fortabte sjæle, og hvad enten han vil det eller ej, bliver kriminalkommissær Rebus draget ind i deres net af løgne og bedrag. Joe Margolies, en dygtig politimand, bliver fundet død ved foden af Salisbury Crags. Sprang han selv ud over klippekanten, eller blev han skubbet? Rebus er i tvivl. En tvivl, der ikke bliver mindre af, at en pædofil mand, som Margolies i sin tid fik dømt, flytter ind i en lejlighed med glimrende udsigt til kvarterets legeplads. Alt tyder på, at det er politiet i Edinburgh, der har skaffet ham den lejlighed. Mens Rebus efterforsker sagen, bliver han ringet op af en gammel skolekammerat, der beder ham om hjælp til at finde sin søn, og Rebus bliver konfronteret med et stykke fortid, han helst ville glemme. Og så er der morderen og psykopaten Cary Oakes, der efter sin løsladelse fra et amerikansk fængsel vælger at tage til Edinburgh, hvor Rebus bliver sat til at holde øje med ham. Men noget tyder på, at John Rebus endelig er oppe mod sin overmand … “Ian Rankin forlener sin hovedperson med en menneskelighed, som gør ham mere interessant end gennemsnittet af krimihelte.” Thomas Harder, Politiken Tiende bog i serien om John Rebus.

Spøgelsesbyen

Da det engang så fine Central Hotel i Edinburgh brændte ned til grunden, var det gerådet i dybt økonomisk uføre, og årsagen til branden blev aldrig opklaret. Ingen interesserede sig for det gamle fallitbo. Da der fem år senere bliver fundet et forkullet lig i ruinerne med en kugle i kraniet, bliver Rebus nære kollega Brian Holmes sat på sagen. Kort efter bliver Holmes usædvanligt brutalt overfaldet, og mens han kæmper for sit liv, begynder Rebus stik mod sine overordnedes ordrer at interessere sig for den gamle hotelbrand. Rebus finder Brian Holmes' notesbog, der indeholder kryptiske notater om sagen, og mens han langsomt afdækker oplysningerne fra 'den sorte bog' begynder han at lægge brikkerne til et puslespil, som nogle meget magtfulde kræfter med alle midler vil forhindre ham i at lægge. "Rebus er jo sin egen, forbrydelserne trives godt i det skotske, og det hele er ganske forrygende og pokkers stemningsfuld læsning fra start til slut." Information "Ian Rankins krimi 'Den sorte bog' er en speget og ganske fremragende affære. ... Rebus er her i 1993 klart et oldebarn af Philip Marlowe, ja hele Rankins stilistiske elan og stilsikre replikker er opdateret og senmoderne Raymond Chandler i kilt og tartan." ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken "Rankin demonstrerer igen sine mesterlige evner som plotmager. Han håndterer snildt historier om en hjemvendt pædofil-dømt, knivstikkeri ved en slagter, en gammel hotel-og mordbrand, en overvågningsoperation og overfaldet på en kollega." Mogens Rude, Jydske Vestkysten Femte bog i serien om John Rebus.

Den sorte bog

Rebus og Siobhan ender efter en omorganisering af politistyrken ude i et af Edinburghs finere kvarterer. Alligevel bliver Rebus´ første sag dér noget af et mareridt. Liget af en mand, der brutalt er stukket ihjel, bliver fundet i en af de barskere forstæder. Han er af udenlandsk afstamning, men har ingen identitetspapirer på sig, og ingen af beboerne i området vil kendes ved ham. Fremmedhadet er udbredt, selv inden for korpset, og der er ikke nogen større entusiasme for at løse sagen om den mulige illegale indvandrer, selvom den kan blive benzin på det allerede brændende bål. "Fremragende politikrimi med brod mod sin samtid." Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken "... blændende godt" Mette Strømfeldt, BT “… højspændt kriminalroman" Mogens Rude, Jydske Vestkysten "Uhyggeligt racerløb ud ad virkelighedens motorvej." Marianne Koch, Fyens Stiftstidende "Ian Rankin skriver afsindig godt." Mette Højbjerg, Nyhedsavisen "Når Rankin er bedst, er han intet mindre end fremragende. Det er han her." Bent Stenbakken, Nordjyske Stiftstidende Femtende bog i serien om John Rebus.

Skeletterne i Fleshmarket Close

En delegation af russiske investorer er i byen, og en kontroversiel russisk lyriker bliver fundet myrdet. I opklaringsarbejdet må Rebus søge at balancere mellem det officielle Skotland, de ambitiøse lokale bankfolk og de mere eller mindre dubiøse russere. Fælles for dem er, at de er farlige at komme for tæt på, og det bliver ikke mindre farligt af, at den lokale storgangster Cafferty tydeligvis har noget med sagen at gøre. Alle presser på for at få lukket sagen hurtigst muligt, men Rebus og Siobhan Clarke er overbeviste om, at der er mere på spil end blot et fejlslagent røveri. Der er kun få dage til, at Rebus skal pensioneres, og kan han nå at binde de løse ender sammen, samtidig med at han bliver anklaget for et overfald og suspenderes? "En superb, spændende og sofistikeret politikrimi fra mesterens hånd." Politiken "Fremragende ... Et klassisk Rebus-plot, som man følger med i med sindet stemt sørgmodigt, i bevidstheden om at det altså er sidste gang." ***** Jyllands-Posten "Et smukt farvel og en nydelig svanesang for Rebus." **** Thisted Dagblad "Exit Music er som at miste en god ven. Det er John Rebus Blues." **** Jydske Vestkysten Syttende bog i serien om John Rebus

Ny Rebus-krimi – Ian Rankin er stadig i storform, selvom det kniber mere for hans hovedperson Jon Rebus. “I de dystre tider Synges der da også? Også da synges der. Om de dystre tider.” Bertholdt Brecht Det er midt om natten, da hans datter, Samantha, ringer. Rebus er klar over, det ikke er godt nyt. Og det er det da heller ikke. Samanthas mand er forsvundet, og ingen har set ham de sidste to dage. Rebus frygter det værste, og hans erfaring fra næsten en menneskealder hos politiet siger ham, at hans datter bliver den hovedmistænkte. Han var aldrig den bedste far, jobbet havde førsteprioritet, men hans datter har brug for ham – mere end nogensinde – men kan han træde ud af rollen som efterforsker og ind i rollen som far? Og er det overhovedet det, Samantha har brug for? Ved daggry kører han langs den vindomsuste kyst til den lille by med de store hemmeligheder. For første gang i sit liv frygter han sandheden.

En sang til dystre tider

Ingen kan lide ’Klagerne’ – de politifolk, som har til opgave at undersøge andre politifolk. Complaints and Conduct Department hedder afdelingen i Edinburgh, der er politiets specialenhed for interne affærer. Her arbejder Malcolm Fox. Han har netop afsluttet en stor sag om en række brodne kar i korpset og burde egentlig være tilfreds med sig selv.

En intern affære

Ingen kan lide ’Klagerne’ – de politifolk, som har til opgave at undersøge andre politifolk. 'Complaints and Conduct Department' hedder afdelingen i Edinburgh, der er politiets specialenhed for interne affærer. Malcolm Fox og hans gruppe bliver sendt til den lille flække Kirkcaldy i Fife for at undersøge anklager om, hvorvidt kolleger til den dømte politimand Paul Carter har dækket over ham. Carter blev i sin tid angivet af sin egen onkel og derefter dømt for at have udnyttet en prostitueret. Han står nu til løsladelse, og ingen i byen er glade for at rippe op i gamle sår. Hvad der skulle have være en ligetil opgave, bliver hurtigt kompliceret af nye sammensværgelser og løgne. Og alt går fra skidt til værre, da en mand bliver fundet skudt med en pistol, der slet ikke burde eksistere. En pistol, der har forbindelse til de skotske separatisters væbnede uafhængighedskamp og et gammelt, brutalt mord i 1985. Det er Fox’s pligt at grave sandheden frem, selvom han er oppe mod magtfulde kræfter, der er villige til at bruge alle midler.

Fortidens døde

Der er gået 40 år siden, men mordet på den smukke, promiskuøse Maria Turquand plager stadig den nu pensionerede John Rebus. Hun blev myrdet på sit fashionable hotelværelse samme nat som en berømt rockstjerne og hans følge overnattede der, og mordet på hende er stadig uopklaret. Edinburghs underverden ligger i åben krig. Den unge opkomling, Darryl Christie, gør krav på tronen, men et ondskabsfuldt overfald efterlader ham svækket og sårbar, og en efterforskning om hvidvaskning i stor stil truer hans position. Har den gamle forbryderboss Big Ger Cafferty virkelig ladet sig pensionere, eller afventer han blot slagets gang mellem de unge kumpaner? En historie om forskruet magt, rodfæstet korruption og bitter rivalisering. Enogtyvende bog i serien om John Rebus og samtidig sjette bog i serien om Malcolm Fox

Fox og Rebus

Gamle fjender

Det sidste lig der blev fundet i Mary King's Close, døde af pest. Det var i 1600-tallet. Men nu er liget af en ung mand dukket op i den underjordiske bydel, en af Edinburghs store turistattraktioner. Han er blevet mishandlet på det grusomste inden sin død, og John Rebus opfatter tydelige paramilitære undertoner omkring mordet. Det er i august måned, og Edinburghs årlige festival er på sit højeste. Det sidste nogen ønsker, er terrorister i de turistfyldte gader. Men det viser sig at være endnu værre. Den døde er søn af byens mest berygtede gangter, Big Ger Rafferty, og Big Ger er ganske udmærket i stand til at styre sit voldsregime fra fængslet. John Rebus belemres samtidig med en kollega –– en politimand der går under øgenavnet The Clockwork Orangeman – og snart har han lige så stor grund til at frygte sine egne folks kugler som fjendens. "Skotske Ian Rankins kriminalromaner med John Rebus i hovedrollen er en af de absolut bedste krimiserier overhovedet." Kim Skotte, Politiken "... en fornøjelig læseoplevelse ... klassisk krimi!" Urban Sjette bog i serien om John Rebus.

Døden har en årsag

Det trækker op til bandekrig mellem den skrupelløse opkomling, Tommy Telford, og byens ukronede gangsterkonge, Big Ger Cafferty. I krigens kølvand følger drab, narko og indsmugling af bosniske piger som sexslaver. Kriminalkommissær John Rebus bliver personligt involveret i flere af sagerne. Samtidig arbejder han på en sag om en pensioneret professor fra universitetet i Edinburgh, der måske i virkeligheden er en eftersøgt krigsforbryder og hovedansvarlig for en grufuld SS-massakre i en fransk landsby i 1944. Da Rebus’ egen datters liv bringes i fare, indgår han en pagt med djævelen, og hans eneste motiv bliver hævn. "Fremragende moderne krimi, der bekræfter John Rebus' position som en af de mest fascinerende hovedpersoner i den moderne kriminallitteratur. Rankin fortjener mange læsere." Niels Lillelund, Jyllandsposten "Toppen af britisk krimi-litteratur. De hængtes have bør finde en stor dansk læserskare!" Holger Ruppert, B.T. "En effektiv og anbefalelelsesværdig nattesøvnsdræber." Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken "Ian Rankin er i en klasse for sig selv. Rebus-bøgerne er anderledes, spændende og ikke til at lægge fra sig." Mie Petersen, Kristeligt Dagblad "Ian Rankin er et af de allerbedste nyere navne i britisk kriminallitteratur." Hans Larsen, Ekstra Bladet Niende bog i serien om John Rebus.

De hængtes have

En bestialsk kvindemorder hjemsøger London. Politiet står på bar bund og må hente hjælp udefra. Valget falder på kriminalkommissær John Rebus fra Edinburgh, der noget ufortjent har fået ry for at være ekspert i seriemord. Hårdt presset af sin chef accepterer Rebus jobbet - og bliver kastet ud i et af sit livs værste mareridt. Hans kamp mod Ulvemanden er et kapløb med tiden, og hans ophold i London bliver et personligt opgør med gamle fordomme skotter og englændere imellem. Og det bliver ikke bedre, da en smuk, kvindelig psykologiprofessor tilbyder sin hjælp. Rebus tænker og handler utraditionelt og får i løbet af få dage hele Metropolitan Police på nakken. Imens fortsætter Ulvemanden sin uhyggelige hærgen med uformindsket kraft – hele tiden et skridt foran politiet, indtil Rebus får en vanvittig idé. Alt sættes på ét bræt, og Rebus satser sit job i et sidste desperat forsøg på at stoppe mordene ... "Fremragende moderne krimi, der bekræfter John Rebus’ position som en af de mest fascinerende hovedpersoner i den moderne kriminallitteratur. Rankin fortjener mange læsere." Niels Lillelund, Jyllands-Posten Tredje bog i serien om John Rebus.

Ulvemanden

Den unge Philippa Balfour er sporløst forsvundet i Edinburgh, og der er meget lidt for kriminalkommissær John Rebus at gå efter - bortset fra en stærk fornemmelse af, at sagen ikke er et af de sædvanlige ungdommelige forsvindingsnumre. To spor har han dog: En udskåret trædukke i en lille kiste, der er blevet fundet ved et vandfald på Balfour-familiens ejendom, og en kryptisk e-mail på Philippas pc fra en person, som kalder sig Quizmaster. Rebus koncentrerer sig om kisten, der i uhyggelig grad minder om seksten lignende kister, der i 1836 blev fundet på en bakkeskråning i Edinburgh, mens han lader kriminalassistent Siobhan Clarke om rejsen ind i cyberspace med den såkaldte Quizmaster. Clarke er måske god til at manøvrere rundt på Internettet, men hun har ikke den fornødne erfaring til at opdage faldgruberne i et spil, hvor fatale beslutninger skal træffes i et splitsekund. Og mens Rebus begraver sig i et to hundrede år gammelt mysterium, har kriminalassistent Clarke mere end nok at gøre med at redde skindet for dem begge – både professionelt og personligt … Ian Rankin er den mest solgte forfatter i Storbritannien (ti procent af alle solgte skønlitterære bøger er skrevet af Rankin). Hans bøger ligger konstant på de engelske og skotske bestsellerlister, og han er kommet i Guinness Rekordbog med hele to rekorder: Som den forfatter, der har haft flest titler på bestsellerlisten i England på én og samme tid, og som den forfatter, der har haft én titel placeret på listen i længst tid. Bøgerne er filmatiseret med John Hannah i rollen som kommissær Rebus. Tolvte bog i serien om John Rebus. "Hvordan gradbøjer man fremragende? Eller hvordan undgår anmelderen at gentage sig selv? At repetere, at Ian Rankin skriver tidens mest interessante, inciterende og raffinerede krimier, som på sofistikeret og skotsk vis poder den nøgterne engelske politiroman med den hårdkogte amerikanske privatdetektivblues, alt med en socialkritisk vinkel på forbrydelsens elementer. 'I indviet jord' er bare fremragende, igen, igen." Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken

I indviet jord

Alle har noget at skjule. En politimand bliver fundet i en aflåst bil, dybt inde i skoven, i et område som allerede er blevet afsøgt. Siobhan Clarke bliver en del af det hold, som undersøger den oprindelige efterforskning. Der var altid ubesvarede spørgsmål, og nu – efter årtier – er det tid til sandheden. Alle skal undersøges, alle har hemmeligheder, og alle har alt at tabe. Kun én mand ved, hvor sporet leder hen, og han ved, at det kan lede til hans eget fald. Den mand er John Rebus. Toogtyvende bog i serien om John Rebus.

Et hus af løgne

På en privatskole bliver to teenagere dræbt af en tidligere SAS-soldat, som derefter skyder sig selv. Som kriminalkommissær John Rebus udtrykker det: "Der er ikke noget mysterium i det, bortset fra hvorfor." Dette fører ham ind i hjertet af et rystet lokalsamfund - og til en forbindelse med hans egen problematiske fortid. Rebus bliver fascineret af morderen, som efterlader sig hemmeligheder og løgne. Alle mener, der er tale om en galning. Men hvilken forbindelse havde han til sine ofre? Hvorfor opfører det eneste overlevende øjenvidne til begivenheden sig så mærkeligt? Og hvorfor engagerer militære efterretningsagenter sig i sagen? Rebus har også sit at stå til ansvar for. En voldelig småforbryder, som gennem et stykke tid har chikaneret hans gode ven og kollega Siobhan Clarke, bliver fundet brændt ihjel i sin lejlighed. Rebus er blevet set sammen med ofret umiddelbart før branden, og han er nyudskrevet fra hospitalet med begge hænder bundet ind i gaze ... Fjortende bind i serien om John Rebus. "Det er Rankin på sædvanligt højt niveau – lige til at nyde i selskab med en god single malt whisky." Hans Larsen, Ekstra Bladet "'Bundet af blodet' er endnu en suveræn krimi fra Ian Rankin" Mette Strømfeldt, BT "... endnu en fremragende og fascinerende krimi af den skotske og sofistikerede Ian Rankin." Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken "Rankin er i en klasse for sig." Mogens Rude, Jydske Vestkysten "Ian Rankin kan skrive. Intenst underholdende og skarpt. Det er svært at fatte, hvor god Rankin er." Bo Bjørnvig, Weekendavisen "Ian Rankin er i en klasse for sig selv. Rebus-bøgerne er anderledes, spændende og ikke til at lægge fra sig." Mie Petersen, Kristeligt Dagblad "Ian Rankin har for længst etableret sig som en af de rigtig tunge drenge inden for krimigenren. Hans kriminalkommissær, John Rebus, har alt, hvad der skal til for at fænge som litterær figur og som kommissær. Bøgerne emmer af et engagement, der nærmest sluger én." Christa Leve Poulsen, Børsen

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