This book contains violent and/or sexual content.
AuthorIan Rankin
NarratorJames Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 14
Duration13h 2m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries
PublisherOrion
VersionUnabridged
A shooting incident at a private school just north of Edinburgh. Two 17-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. 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. Army investigators are on the scene, and won't be shaken off. The killer had friends and enemies to spare - ranging from civic leaders to the local Goths - leaving behind a legacy of secrets and lies. Rebus has his share of personal problems, too. He's fresh out of hospital, hands heavily bandaged, and he won't say how it happened. Could there be a connection with a house-fire and the unfortunate death of a petty criminal who had been harassing Rebus's colleague Siobhan Clarke? Rebus's bosses seem to think so...
Rebus Book 21: Rather Be the Devil
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 21
Duration 10h 45m
Forty years may have passed, but the death of Maria Turquand still preys on John Rebus' mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star was staying there, Maria's killer has never been found. Meanwihle, the dark heart of Edinburgh remains up for gabs. A young pretender may have staked his claim, but has old-time crime boss Big Ger...
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Rebus Book 20: Even Dogs in the Wild
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 20
Duration 11h 11m
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is investigating the death of a senior lawyer during a robbery. But the case becomes more complex when a note is discovered, indicating that this may have been no random attack. When local gangster Big Ger Cafferty receives an identical message, Clarke decides that the recently retired John Rebus may be able to he...
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Rebus Book 15: Fleshmarket Close
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 15
Duration 14h 40m
An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack or something else? Rebus is drawn into the case but has other problems: his old police station has closed, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. As Rebus investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers' detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edi...
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Rebus Book 16: The Naming of the Dead
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 16
Duration 14h 21m
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 of...
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Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 25
Duration 10h 23m
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 murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard... However, this is a case where the prisoners and the guards are all suspects, and everyone has somet...
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Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 4
Duration 9h 52m
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 spe...
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Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 2
Duration 8h 2m
A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spread-eagled, 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 Re...
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Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 8
Duration 15h 3m
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, mak...
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Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 6
Duration 9h 31m
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 tur...
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Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 7
Duration 10h 13m
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 shoo...
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