The falls in his hometown of edinburgh, scotland, inspector rebus struggles to find a missing girl while dealing with his own demons, and the office politics that threaten his investigation at every turn. Dead souls is a grim and thoroughly enjoyable read. He has won an edgar award, a gold dagger for fiction, a diamond dagger for career excellence. Drafted down to the big smoke thanks to a shelve tooth and nail. Weary, wary, harddrinking detective john rebus returns in author ian rankins internationally acclaimed, awardwinning series.
The series is incredibly popular in the united kingdom, making up 10% of crime fiction sales there. The inspector rebus series of books are a series of crime fiction novels written by acclaimed scottish author ian rankin. Knots and crosses, hide and seek, the black book unabridged by ian rankin. He is also the author of the complaints and doors open.
Buy a discounted paperback of dead souls online from australias leading online bookstore. This is my tenth rebus book, i stopped for a month or so halfway through book 9, however, loved dead souls book 10. The whole series, organised in the order they were originally published. An inspector rebus novel inspector rebus series book 10. Increasinglythough still in his 40sdetective inspector john rebus of the edinburgh police has been sounding the autumnal note.
The books now routinely sell half a million copies within the first. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ian rankin vigilantes appear in a housing complex in edinburgh after police reveal a convicted child molester is living among them. A collection of inspector rebus novels on apple books. Inspector rebus, already up to his ears with a released serial killer, is put. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Still deeply struggling with the events of the last book guilt plays a major role in. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dead souls. Inspector rebus must look for patterns in order to stop the crimes at fault before money and power cover them up for good. A junkie lies dead in an edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, crosslike on the floor, between two burneddown candles, a fivepointed star daubed on the wall above. Darren rough, a convicted pedophile,has been let out of prison and now resides in an apartment with a clear view of a playground. 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. Dead souls inspector rebus series book 10 ian rankin author 2010. Dead souls is the best of them at least the first half unfolds like a novel.
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. Dead souls by ian rankin overdrive rakuten overdrive. An inspector rebus novel inspector rebus series by ian rankin. Ian rankin started the inspector rebus series with knots and crosses in 1987. Rebus, while following rough, observes him taking pictures of the animals or is the children at a zoo. Three stories, plots going on at the same time, so early on i got a little confused with names. Once more rebuss cup of trouble runneth over and the ghosts of past misdeeds return to haunt edinburghs streets. Super characters, well read and interesting content.
Dead souls is perhaps one of the most accessible of ian rankins rebus novels. Soldiering through dank, desperate slums and the tony flats of the scottish elite, inspector rebus uncovers a chain of crime, deceit, and hidden sinsknowing its really himself hes trying to save. Dead souls by ian rankin booksamillion online book store. For all his moral missteps, rebus at least finds an honorable way to keep his footing. In the beginning of the book he is part of a stakeout of the edinburgh zoo trying to find the person who is poisoning the animals. Dead souls was written in 1999 and depicts a john rebus who is increasingly feeling dead inside and wondering if he should continue as a police officer.
The title refers both to joy divisions song dead souls and to the 1842 nikolai gogol novel dead souls. Ian rankins dead souls is crime writing of the highest order daily express. He has won an edgar award, a gold dagger for fiction, a diamond dagger for career excellence, and the. A collection of inspector rebus novels ian rankin macmillan.
The book finds rebus morally conflicted as the ghosts of his past and edinburgh refuse to give him peace. Weary, wary, harddrinking detective john rebus returns. Dead souls inspector rebus by ian rankin stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, inspector john rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. This is my fifteenth john rebus novel, and before starting this book i had a question in my mind. The tenth in his series the hanging garden, 1998, etc. Soldiering through dank, desperate slums and the tony flats of the scottish elite, inspector rebus uncovers a chain of crime. Has his relationship with his lover plummeted past the. Dead souls is rankins ninth inspector rebus novel, plus two short story collections and one novella, yet here in the usofa were just catching on to how good these books are. 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. Dead souls stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, inspector john rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children.
Dead souls is the tenth ian rankin book to feature his creation detective inspector john rebus, and in my opinion is a true triumph in crime story telling. Inspector rebus series book 16 ian rankin author 2007 the naming of the dead inspector rebus series. While, as is his habit, he deploys a complex plot made of apparently unrelated elements, and in doing so binds the. As the locals begin a hate campaign he gets a call from.
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. The second inspector rebus novel from britains shelve hide and seek. Below is a list of all of ian rankins inspector rankin books in order of when they were originally published. Stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, inspector john rebus comes across a. He often connects situations with an apt song from the 1960s. See the complete inspector rebus series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Inspector john rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. With a tangled web of sub plots featuring a coworkers suicide, a pedophile, a serial killer, and a missing person i found myself turning pages. An inspector rebus novel inspector rebus series by ian rankin 0312202938 9780312202934 a gently used book at a great low price.
Soldiering through dank, desperate slums and the tony flats of the scottish elite, inspector rebus uncovers a chain of crime, deceit, and hidden sinsknowing its. In a shadowy, crumbling edinburgh housing development, a junkie lies dead of an overdose, his body surrounded by signs of satanic worship. The title refers both to joy divisions song dead souls and to the 1842 nikolai. An inspector rebus novel inspector rebus series book 10 kindle edition by rankin, ian. Will his daughters automobile accident leave her permanently crippled. All the inspector rebus novels in the order in which they were written. Driven by instinct and experience, john rebus searches for connections, against official skepticism. Now hes an edinburgh cop who hides from his memories and misses promotions. Dead souls is a 1999 crime novel by ian rankin that features inspector rebus. Rebus retirement novel is called exit music but as a character he is still very much active.
In addition we are allowed a glimpse of rebuss past and made to worry about his present in a way i havent done since lawrence blocks matt scudder. Dead souls in scottish high society, tragedy strikes in the form of suicide, kidnapping, and murder. Dead souls by ian rankin stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, inspector john rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. To solve brutal murders, he enters the grittiest sides. As the locals begin a hate campaign rebus gets a call from the past. Each of the novels is linked by returning characters, such as siobhan clarke and big ger cafferty, but you can start reading the. 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dead souls. Detective inspector john rebus of the edinburgh police has been sounding the autumnal note. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. Assigned to conduct surveillance over a convicted murderer just deported back to edinburgh, rebus finds himself in a game of catandmouse with a cruelly clever criminal who turns the tables and begins to watch rebus himself.
The book standing in another mans grave features a return of rebus as he goes about solving cold cases. The stories revolve around, as you would expect, the character of detective inspector john rebus, and are mainly focused in and around the scottish capital city, edinburgh. The tenth inspector rebus novel from britains best crime novelist daily express. In addition we are allowed a glimpse of rebus s past and made to worry about his present in a way i havent done since lawrence blocks matt scudder. The author has also revealed that inspector rebus is involved in working on cold cases as a civilian. Stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, inspector john rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. The inspector rebus series is commercially successful in the united kingdom, accounting for an estimated 10% of all crime book sales in the uk as of 2015. An inspector rebus novel ebook written by ian rankin. As usual, theres a lot threatening to deaden john rebus soul, but he soldiers on. John rebus is beset by troubles from the past and the present in the loose and rangy 11th installment after the hanging garden of rankins popular and, in england, bestsellin.
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