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The Naming of the Dead
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It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus' investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history.
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Inspector John Rebus has confronted Edinburgh's most hardened criminals, its bloodiest crime scenes, and its most dangerous backstreets, but nothing could have prepared him for what he finds on Fleshmarket Alley. In the city's red-light district, men live out their sordid fantasies, and women with no other choice sell their bodies to make a buck. It's a neighborhood of lost inhibitions, forgotten scruples, and hopeless dreams.
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For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long ago, and Nina's pleas to the cold case department have led her nowhere. Until she meets the newest member of the team: former Detective John Rebus. Rebus has never shied away from lost causes - one of the many ways he managed to antagonize his bosses when he was on the force. Now he's back as a retired civilian, reviewing abandoned files.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rebus is back!
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past. Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 years ago is being reopened. Rebus's team from those days is suspected of helping a murderer escape justice to further their own ends.
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4 out of 5 stars
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an old friend
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Even Dogs in the Wild
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Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She's investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one of their own is killed, the powers that be want answers fast. But Clarke is puzzled: If Minton died in a robbery as everyone thinks, why is nothing missing from his home? The answer may lie not in what was taken but in what was left behind at the scene - an ominous note.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Scottish accent is as much fun as the story!
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Resurrection Men
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so badly that he's been sent to a kind of reform school for damaged cops. While there among the last-chancers known as "resurrection men," he joins a covert mission to gain evidence of a drug heist orchestrated by three of his classmates. But the group has been assigned an unsolved murder that may have resulted from Rebus's own mistake.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great John Rebus story!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-13-19
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Exit Music
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- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus' investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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classic Rebus<br />
- By Julie Hill on 04-22-19
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Fleshmarket Alley
- An Inspector Rebus Novel
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
Inspector John Rebus has confronted Edinburgh's most hardened criminals, its bloodiest crime scenes, and its most dangerous backstreets, but nothing could have prepared him for what he finds on Fleshmarket Alley. In the city's red-light district, men live out their sordid fantasies, and women with no other choice sell their bodies to make a buck. It's a neighborhood of lost inhibitions, forgotten scruples, and hopeless dreams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love Rebus
- By Maine Knitter on 06-08-17
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Standing in Another Man's Grave
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 407
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 346
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Story4 out of 5 stars 342
For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long ago, and Nina's pleas to the cold case department have led her nowhere. Until she meets the newest member of the team: former Detective John Rebus. Rebus has never shied away from lost causes - one of the many ways he managed to antagonize his bosses when he was on the force. Now he's back as a retired civilian, reviewing abandoned files.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rebus is back!
- By susan on 01-23-13
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Saints of the Shadow Bible
- Inspector Rebus, Book 19
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 351
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 306
Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past. Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 years ago is being reopened. Rebus's team from those days is suspected of helping a murderer escape justice to further their own ends.
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4 out of 5 stars
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an old friend
- By Stevon on 08-01-14
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Even Dogs in the Wild
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 415
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 373
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She's investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one of their own is killed, the powers that be want answers fast. But Clarke is puzzled: If Minton died in a robbery as everyone thinks, why is nothing missing from his home? The answer may lie not in what was taken but in what was left behind at the scene - an ominous note.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Scottish accent is as much fun as the story!
- By Mark on 01-26-16
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Resurrection Men
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so badly that he's been sent to a kind of reform school for damaged cops. While there among the last-chancers known as "resurrection men," he joins a covert mission to gain evidence of a drug heist orchestrated by three of his classmates. But the group has been assigned an unsolved murder that may have resulted from Rebus's own mistake.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great John Rebus story!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-13-19
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In a House of Lies
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 177
Rebus' retirement is disrupted once again when skeletal remains are identified as a private investigator who went missing more than 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 investigation. Rebus' old friend Siobhan Clarke is assigned to the case, but neither of them could have predicted what buried secrets the investigation will uncover.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't Stop Listening Noir-ish Rankin At His Best
- By Lynn on 01-12-19
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Rather Be the Devil
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 371
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 338
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 334
As he settles into an uneasy retirement, Rebus has given up his favorite vices. There's just one habit he can't shake: He can't let go of an unsolved case. It's the only pastime he has left, and up until now it's the only one that wasn't threatening to kill him. But when Rebus starts reexamining the facts behind the long-ago murder of a glamorous woman at a luxurious hotel - on the same night a famous rock star and his entourage were also staying there - the past comes roaring back to life with a vengeance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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New Rebus release was a nice surprise!
- By Midwesterner on 02-11-17
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The Falls
- An Inspector Rebus Novel
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Samuel Gillies
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 269
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4 out of 5 stars 124
A missing student, a six inch coffin containing a wooden doll, and mysterious role-playing games on the Internet are the intriguing elements of the latest case to challenge Inspector Rebus. The missing student comes from an influential family, and Rebus begins to get a bad feeling about the case in Warsaw. While Rebus follows up a link with the distant past, his DC, Siobhan Clarke, tackles the Internet challenges set by the mysterious Quizmaster.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Rebus book
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Set in Darkness
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Samuel Gillies
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
For the first time in 300 years, Scotland has its own Parliament, and to go with it, its own newly developed Parliament buildings. Detective Inspector John Rebus views the whole thing through a rather jaundiced eye, given that he's been chosen to liaise with the restructuring of the whole building.
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4 out of 5 stars
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solid Rebus novel
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Dead Souls
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- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
A colleague's suicide. Pedophiles. A missing child. A serial killer. You never know your luck, muses Rebus. Driven by instinct and experience, he searches for connections, against official skepticism. But at night, unsoothed by whiskey, Rebus faces his ghosts, and the prospect of his daughter's possibly permanent paralysis. Soldiering through dank, desperate slums and the tiny flats of the Scottish chic, Rebus uncovers a chain of crime, deceit, and hidden sins.
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1 out of 5 stars
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bad reader
- By C. Carlson on 02-22-08
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Black and Blue
- Inspector Rebus, Book 8
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 152
A murdered oil rig worker. A copycat serial killer dubbed, “Johnny Bible.” And a reopened investigation that doesn’t bode well for Detective John Rebus or his mentor, Inspector Lawson Geddes. Rebus’s Scotland, along with his malt-soaked psyche, is riddled with trouble. Now he’s got to tie up the loose ends if he wants to save his job - or live to see another dark Edinburgh day.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story but the narration poor.
- By Gregory on 09-06-15
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Let It Bleed
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Samuel Gillies
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 171
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4 out of 5 stars 126
Detective Inspector John Rebus is not a man easily intimidated, so when political heavyweights start to lean on the dour, moralistic Edinburgh detective to stop an investigation, Rebus doggedly digs in and follows the case as it moves from embezzlement to murder and finally to conspiracy at the highest level of government.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It's Samuel GiIles again
- By connie on 10-23-11
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Mortal Causes
- Inspector Rebus, Book 6
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4 out of 5 stars 147
In Edinburgh you're never far from a peaceful spot, or from a hellish one either. Now, in the heart of summer, in the midst of a nationalist festival, Inspector John Rebus is on the murder case of a young man left hanging in a spot where his screams would never be heard. To find the victim's identity - and his killer - Rebus searches from Edinburgh's most violent neighborhood to Belfast, Northern Ireland, among petty thugs, gunrunners, and heavyweight criminals. But before Rebus can get to the truth, he's bloodied by the dream of society's madmen - and staring into the glint of a killer's eyes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this one
- By J. Ellis on 08-30-15
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The Black Book
- An Inspector Rebus Novel, Book 5
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Story4 out of 5 stars 169
Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh’s seedy Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten and unsolved, the case reappears when a charred body - with a bullet in its head - is found among the ruins. Inspector John Rebus knows that his superiors would prefer he leave things alone. He knows that part of the answer lies somewhere in a cryptic black notebook. And he knows that to solve the case, he’ll have to peel back layer after layer of unspeakable secrets in order to arrive at the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rebus really gels here
- By connie on 01-04-15
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Strip Jack
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Samuel Gillies
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 195
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 175
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Story4 out of 5 stars 175
Gold Dagger-winner and best-selling author in the United Kingdom, Ian Rankin crafts absorbing crime novels with solidly drawn characters and first-rate plotting. In Strip Jack, he portrays a shocking murder investigation that exposes the sordid side of Edinburgh politics and society. Detective John Rebus suspects a set-up when a respected Member of Parliament is caught in a police raid on a brothel—and his flamboyant wife suddenly disappears.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Rebus regains early promise
- By connie on 10-13-11
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The Beat Goes On
- The Complete Rebus Stories
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: James Macpherson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 96
Brilliant, irascible, and frequently frustrating to both his friends and his long-suffering bosses, John Rebus has made the dark places of Edinburgh his home for over two decades. The Beat Goes On collects all of Ian Rankin's Rebus short stories for the first time, including two never-before-published tales written specifically for this collection.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great collection of short stories
- By Charles H. Perry Jr. on 10-16-15
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Songbird
- Kings Lake Investigation Series, Book 1
- By: Peter Grainger
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 355
Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 05.29 that July morning. This is it, said DCI Reeve, you'll be first there, it's all yours, you're the crime scene manager. Suddenly, after months of waiting and wondering, Waters finds himself in at the deep end, and alone at the scene of a puzzling murder. As the investigation proceeds, the detectives at Kings Lake Central find themselves visiting familiar places and talking to some familiar faces, while old enmities reappear in the incident room. Before this is over, Chris Waters will need to make a career-changing decision.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it...
- By Kelly on 09-20-19
Publisher's Summary
The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty - except one. John Rebus' reputation precedes him, and his bosses don't want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin, which explains why he's manning an abandoned police station when a call comes in.
During a preconference dinner at Edinburgh Castle, a delegate has fallen to his death. Accident, suicide, or something altogether more sinister? And is it linked to a grisly find close to the site of the gathering? Are the world's most powerful men at risk from a killer? While the government and secret services attempt to hush the whole thing up, Rebus knows he has only 72 hours to find the answers.
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- Maine Knitter
- 06-11-17
I love living in Rebus' world
I can't believe that each book gets so much better.
With the G8 Summit in Scotland, Rebus and his coworkers are stretched pretty thin. Multiple murders to solve, clooty wells, and Siobhan's hippy parents add more drama. This was a great story.
The ending left many threads open-ended.
Awesome narration!
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- 11-27-16
I didn't want it to end!
Where does The Naming of the Dead rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Recently? It's #1. I've read all the John Rebus novels but long enough ago that I'm enjoying them anew - provided James McPherson is the reader. Everything is worth paying attention to.
Any additional comments?
Rankin's dry wit is far more evident when his books are read by McPherson.