A Rebus Novel: Rather Be the Devil (Series #21) (Hardcover)

from Beamis12

For John Rebus, retirement is only a word, a minor technicality, something to get around. This something he is very good at, using whatever means necessary. Despite his health, which at present is presenting a problem, he never fails to be enticed when a past unsolved case is brought to his atten...

from RowingRabbit

I can't imagine not reading this series. Rankin's consistency is amazing. Rebus is "retired" now & facing a health scare but as long as Big Ger is around, Rebus feels duty bound to be his shadow. The plot is a mix of past & present cases that he picks away at with DI Clarke & Malcolm Fox. It's no...

from Romonko

Rebus is officially retired, but don't put him out to pasture yet. He's still got the sharpest mind in Edinburgh. in this book we see Rebus in the middle of a gangster war in his city. Yes Big Ger Cafferty is not sitting with his slippers on and his feet up either. Big Ger risks a lot to get back...

from runner56

For an avid crime reader one of the greatest fictional characters to have emerged in almost 30 years is undoubtedly John Rebus. In so many ways he is the archetypal detective. He plays the game of cops and robbers under his rules and is not adverse to a little underhand dealing if it means a succ...

from Carol420

Another visit with one of my favorite characters in one of my favorite cites...Edinburgh. Our Rebus is getting old and starting to slow down and take heath issues more seriously. One of the things that he also takes seriously is unsolved murders...especially those that he was connected with years...