In Standing in Another Man's Grave, the new thriller by Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus returns in Book 18 of this beloved crime series. Ian Rankin, who retired his cantankerous, alcoholic detective Rebus in his 17th Inspector Rebus novel Exit Music, has given Rebus an unexpected reprieve. Rebus, still based in Edinburgh, returns not as a cop this time though but as a civilian consultant working on cold case inquiries.
Crime readers around the world who have been mourning the loss of Rebus will be delighted with the new novel. With the retiring age of policeman rising to 65 Ian Rankin has been able to legitimately resurrect the character and even keep the door open for further Rebus novels in the future.
In Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus series #18) Rebus crosses swords with Malcolm Fox of the ethics and standards division and the hero from Rankin's two most recent police novels, The Complaints and The Impossible Dead. For help on a decade-old case Rebus contacts his former sidekick, DS Siobhan Clarke, now a DCI attached to missing persons, who is forced to decide whether to put her career on the line to help her former mentor. Rebus is also reunited with an old adversary, Edinburgh's crime boss, Big Ger Cafferty.
Rebus is determined to uncover the truth behind some seemingly unconnected disappearances stretching back a decade or more but his colleagues don't want to know. The stakes are high but not even the the threat to the careers of those around him or the risks to his own life are going to stop him.
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Crime readers around the world who have been mourning the loss of Rebus will be delighted with the new novel. With the retiring age of policeman rising to 65 Ian Rankin has been able to legitimately resurrect the character and even keep the door open for further Rebus novels in the future.
Plot Summary of Standing in Another Man's Grave
Despite five years having elapsed Rebus's essential character remains intact. He is still the quintessential loner who lives on takeaways and smokes too much. He remains friendless and spends his downtime listening to music.In Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus series #18) Rebus crosses swords with Malcolm Fox of the ethics and standards division and the hero from Rankin's two most recent police novels, The Complaints and The Impossible Dead. For help on a decade-old case Rebus contacts his former sidekick, DS Siobhan Clarke, now a DCI attached to missing persons, who is forced to decide whether to put her career on the line to help her former mentor. Rebus is also reunited with an old adversary, Edinburgh's crime boss, Big Ger Cafferty.
Rebus is determined to uncover the truth behind some seemingly unconnected disappearances stretching back a decade or more but his colleagues don't want to know. The stakes are high but not even the the threat to the careers of those around him or the risks to his own life are going to stop him.
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