Ian Rankin has to be one of my favourite authors of all time. He brings the back streets of Edinburgh alive in his books. I have every single Rebus book that he has written. Inspector Rebus is an old fashioned cop who has an instinct about crimes...
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Ian Rankin has to be one of my favourite authors of all time. He brings the back streets of Edinburgh alive in his books. I have every single Rebus book that he has written. Inspector Rebus is an old fashioned cop who has an instinct about crimes and follows it no matter how infuriated his superiors may become, but he's right in the end and the crime is solved. Unfortunately Rebus retired in 2008 in Exit Music and I fretted about what would follow after all he left behind a colleague who was well known but would she stand up in books about her career? I have recently read Doors Open which is another crime thriller but introduces another cop but one which is apparently a colleague of Rebus who achieves a small mention in the book. This policeman has a similar dogged determination to Rebus although his methods are different. I think I can honestly say there's life after Rebus!