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I've read probably nearly ten books of the Rebus series over the past six years, partly out of nostalgia for the auld country (I spent some of my childhood in Glasgow, Scotland and also know a bit of Edinburgh, too). Though the series perhaps was sagging in the middle - Mortal Causes for example - what Rankin very cleverly has done is age and promote his characters, just like his readers have perhaps aged and moved with their lives. So here we have Rebus in his mid-fifties and put in re-training school as part of the Wild Bunch, a group of wayward cops the force is trying to rein in. Of course there is much more to it than that, as Rebus becomes a mole trying to discover secrets of the past. Meanwhile the character of DS Siobham Clarke really comes into her own, trying to solve the Marber case. So what we have is mixture of police procedural with the tension of a spy novel as Rebus tries to infiltrate the perhaps bent coppers. Mix in some favorite characters, such as gangster Big Ger, on the edges of the story and what you have is an intoxication blend of many, many different story strands that may relate. This really perhaps is Rankin's most complex book, but none of it seems forced. Some great morbid Scottish humor is also mixed in the dialogue. Someone once described Rankin's writing as like juggling many fine bottles of single malt with an Irn Bru in one hand. Too right.


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Resurrection Men An Inspector Rebus Novel A Rebus Novel Ian Rankin Books Reviews

Ian Rankin certainly knows how to write police procedural novels. This is another great Rebus story featuring this complex character. Siabhon is becoming a person in her own right as well.
Police corruption is a subject all South Floridiansare familiar. In the early 1980s a vast police drug rip-off collapsed when three dead drug guards were fished from the Miami River. Cops had forced them to jump into the river while they swiped the coke, never bothering to ascertain who could swim.
Scotland's Detective Inspector John Rebus is sent undercover to infiltrate a gang of rogue cops. All are assigned to a retraining program for police, where their assignment may uncover Rebus's own culpability in a crime. Slowly, fearfully Rebus connects the dots between the areas latest murder, an imposing crime boss, and an unsolved cold case.
This book won an Edgar in spite of its dense regionalism. It is however a carefully plotted tale of mystery and pursuit by a policeman whose own haunting guilt fails to dissuade him from his duty.
I love Rebus and Siobhan. They are very complex characters. I can see why this won an Edgar. The only reason I didn't give it a 5-star review was the ending. It just seems like Rebus has to have the s*** beat out of him at the end of every book. Why?
This book had a very intriguing plot with a number of interwoven threads, but the ending seemed contrived. It felt as if the author, Ian Rankin, reached a point where he just wanted to wrap things up rather than try to tie all the threads together in a convincing way.
I am a Scotsman living in Texas and very proud of fellow Scotsman Ian Rankin for writing internationally praised novels. I was turned off a bit by Rebus in the first books by the constant cigarette in his face and his excessive boozing, but the stories and other characters were interesting and I enjoyed those books enough to buy this one. I have started this book three times but I can't get interested in it. This time I made it to a bit more than half way through the book but once again it has been placed aside. It has an interesting line behind the story but it drags. As was said by another reviewer, Siobhan, Brodie's partner, is much more interesting than Brodie in this book.
Ian Rankin has once more produced a good story about Rebus.
I used to live in Edinburgh New Town so I know the locations and I like to guess where some of his fictitious bars really are under disguise. For example where he has a meet in a bar of two stories, at the bottom end of the Royal Mile [the second story has folk singers jamming] must be the Waverley, as it used to be called in the 60s, and the owner was called Ian. I used to sing there most nights.
Mr. Rankin pulls no punches in his books uncovering what lies beneath the gloss for tourists and no subject is 'verboten' in his books.
I'm buying the rest of his Rebus Series.
This the 13th in the addictive John Rebus series featuring the addicted cop who has become a favorite read for many. The book won an Edgar as best mystery in 2004 and I can't really say why I hadn't read it before this.

When he's not boozing or smoking, Rebus is generally up to his neck in trouble. This novel is no exception. It begins with the detective throwing a tea mug at his supervisor, which gets him sent to Tulliallan, the Scottish police college, for retraining. We soon discover he has been `planted' among other miscreants to investigate a group of other cops who are suspected of more serious misdeeds.

Meanwhile, Rebus' acolyte, the recently promoted Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke is continuing investigation of the brutal murder of an art dealer. As they confer, by phone and in person, they discover their cases are linked, a situation which puts them both in danger. This is a convoluted tale which requires close attention. Highly enjoyable and recommended.
I've read probably nearly ten books of the Rebus series over the past six years, partly out of nostalgia for the auld country (I spent some of my childhood in Glasgow, Scotland and also know a bit of Edinburgh, too). Though the series perhaps was sagging in the middle - Mortal Causes for example - what Rankin very cleverly has done is age and promote his characters, just like his readers have perhaps aged and moved with their lives. So here we have Rebus in his mid-fifties and put in re-training school as part of the Wild Bunch, a group of wayward cops the force is trying to rein in. Of course there is much more to it than that, as Rebus becomes a mole trying to discover secrets of the past. Meanwhile the character of DS Siobham Clarke really comes into her own, trying to solve the Marber case. So what we have is mixture of police procedural with the tension of a spy novel as Rebus tries to infiltrate the perhaps bent coppers. Mix in some favorite characters, such as gangster Big Ger, on the edges of the story and what you have is an intoxication blend of many, many different story strands that may relate. This really perhaps is Rankin's most complex book, but none of it seems forced. Some great morbid Scottish humor is also mixed in the dialogue. Someone once described Rankin's writing as like juggling many fine bottles of single malt with an Irn Bru in one hand. Too right.