Partner ACC Colin Carswell based at police HQ Sir David Strathern chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police Jean Burchill Rebus’s current partner, museum curator
Muted ‘thanks’ as the person moved away. ‘It
Muttered. Then:
Sky glowing dull pink. Simmer dim, as the Shetlanders called
We’ve piled his plate high with shit, Fox conceded. And not even tied a bib around his neck, Kaye added. Is your afternoon grilling to be courtesy of a woman called Stoddart?
Below
Ann Street was reckoned by many to be the most beautiful terrace in the city. Tucked away between Queensferry Road and Stockbridge, its two elegant facing rows of Georgian homes were separated by a na...
At Tulliallan Police College DI John Rebus based at St. Leonard’s police station in Edinburgh DI James Jazz McCullough based in Dundee DI Francis Gray based in Glasgow DS Stu Sutherland based in Livin...
Bad Men Do What Good Men
St. Leonard’s Police Station DS Siobhan Clarke (pronounced Shiv-awn) DI Derek Linford no friend to Rebus, disliked by Siobhan DCS Gill Templer officer in charge of St. Leonard’s DC David Hynds a new r...
Rebus nodded his understanding. The Murder Room was quiet when he reached it. Roy Frazer was reading a paper. Finished with this? Rebus asked, picking up another. Frazer nodded. Chicken phal, Rebus ex...
Well to hell with them. He’d done his duty, he’d paid his respects. He wouldn’t bother them any more. Let them live in their cramped flat, visited by this … gentleman, this mock adult. Rebus had more...
Despite rumors to the contrary, you're on the side of the angels. (...) Whether you like it or not.
Was still a fine, persistent drizzle. There was a word in Scots for it—smirr.
I went to the Oxford Bar first off, but they said they hardly see you these days. I’m at the age where nothing should surprise me, but
I wouldn't join you if you were coming apart at the seams.
Morning edition. Unless, of course, the
Scotland is divided into several police regions. Rebus works for Lothian and Borders Police, whose beat covers Edinburgh and most points south until you reach the English border. The region’s HQ is ba...
We’re ready for the off, then.
Thing about that ladder, Shiv, each rung you climb there’s another arse waiting to be licked. What a lovely image. We all need some poetry in our lives.
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