This book contains violent and/or sexual content.
AuthorIan Rankin
NarratorJames Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 2
Duration8h 2m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries
PublisherOrion
VersionUnabridged
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 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...
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...
View BookRebus Book 1: Knots and Crosses
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 1
Duration 6h 25m
'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...
View BookRebus Book 14: A Question of Blood
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 14
Duration 13h 2m
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 fi...
View BookAuthor: 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...
View BookAuthor: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 10
Duration 14h 30m
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...
View BookRebus Book 22: In A House of Lies
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 22
Duration 11h 39m
In A House of Lies... Everyone has something to hide. A missing private investigator is found locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - the body was in an area that had already been searched 10 years ago. Everyone has secrets. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing thr...
View BookRebus Book 13: Resurrection Men
Author: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 13
Duration 14h 40m
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 the...
View BookAuthor: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 17
Duration 12h 51m
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 dete...
View BookAuthor: Ian Rankin
Author Ian Rankin
Narrator James Macpherson
SeriesRebus, Book 3
Duration 8h 52m
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...
View BookRebus 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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