Resurrection Men

By Ian Rankin,

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The thirteenth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES

'No one in Britain writes better crime novels' Evening Standard

'This is Rankin at his best, and, boy, that's saying something' TIME OUT

Rebus is off the case - literally. A few days…

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1 author picked Resurrection Men as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Ian Rankin’s Rebus is a superb creation. We are in the modern era of the flawed investigator. Rebus is a brilliant detective but fails to gain promotion because of his refusal to obey authority. This culminates in Rebus being sent to the Scottish Police College for retraining after throwing a cup of tea at his Chief Superintendent. It is all too plausible, but he is really working undercover to investigate some senior officers suspected of a crime. 

They are assigned to investigate a murder, about which Rebus already knows too much. This is vintage Rebus, where his keen detective instincts…

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