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The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Sir Ian Rankin. The novels, centred on Detective Inspector John Rebus , are mostly based in and around Edinburgh . They are considered an important contribution to ' Tartan Noir '.
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In a series of books and short stories by Ian Rankin, beginning with Knots and Crosses published in 1987 and ending with Exit Music in 2007, John Rebus is a detective in the Lothian and Borders Police force, stationed in Edinburgh. After the first book, he is promoted from Detective Sergeant to Detective Inspector.
Rebus pursues the various leads he turns up, though he doubts Jack Oram is still alive and he is more interested in what Cafferty is trying to accomplish. Clarke and Fox, along with the rest of the MIT, gradually trace Haggard's last day, using phone records, CCTV footage, and file boxes full of old investigations of the Tynecastle police station.
Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series. He was born in 1947 in Fife and left school at the age of fifteen to join the Army.After serving in Northern Ireland he applied to undergo selection for the SAS, but after a horrendous ordeal in training, left the army and joined the Lothian and Borders Police.
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Rebus heads back to Burke's Club, but is jumped by the co-owner Fuller and Stemmons; during their torture of him, he realises that the elusive Mr. H is Haydn Fletcher. Before Fuller can kill him, Rebus breaks free and escapes. Meanwhile, posing as a police officer, Bible John narrows his own list of suspects down to two.
Rebus remembers the line "There are clues everywhere" at one point, a reference to the taunting messages he receives in Knots and Crosses. Rebus briefly thinks "don't talk to me about Hyde", a reference to the events of Hide and Seek. 'Big Ger' Cafferty makes his first appearance, in the background as a gangster Rebus has to give evidence against.