John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars. Now, he's joined them ... As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head. That is, until a...
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John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Although it's not the first time the legendary detective has taken the law into his own hands, it might be the last. What drove a good man to cross the line? Or have times cha...
John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars. Now, he's joined them ... As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head. That is, until a...
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: IN A HOUSE OF LIES, ISBN 9781409176886. 'A Song for the Dark Times' is the 23rd 'Inspector Rebus' novel about crime, punishment, and redemption, from one of the mystery world's most acclaimed masters.
Rebus' retirement is disrupted once again when skeletal remains are identified as a private investigator who went missing over a decade earlier. The remains, found in a rusted car in the East Lothian woods, not far from Edinburgh, quickly turn into a cold case murder investigatio...
"'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 Joh...
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 la...
Inspector John Rebus deals with a shooting incident at a private school north of Edinburgh and the death of a petty criminal who has been found burnt to death.
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst--and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father--the job ...
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 Rebu...
John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Although it's not the first time the legendary detective has taken the law into his own hands, it could well be the last. What drove a good man to cross the line? Or have time...
Another junkie dies in a Edinburgh squat, and nobody gives a damn except D.I. John Rebus. He's prowling the streets in search of something so evil he can almost taste it.
Some cases never leave you. For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, Maria's killer has never been ...
Rebus is off the case. A few days into a murder inquiry, Rebus blows up at a colleague. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining'. 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...
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 m...