Standing in Another Man's Grave [Paperback]
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My wonderful husband gave this to me for Christmas 2012. We had decided to buy a new sound system for ourselves and skip Christmas presents but obviously my hubby didn't completely follow that decision. And I'm so glad he didn't. I've been wanting to read this ever since I learned that Rebus was coming back. I even bought a copy of this book to give to my sister-in-law for Christmas hoping that at some point she might share hers with me.
We just recently watched the TV series made of the Rebus books and I think I hooked my husband on him too. I read recently that Rankin wasn't pleased with the TV adaptation because they had to leave too much out and I can understand that. On the other hand, Ken Stott who played Rebus was just perfect and I'm sure I'll be seeing him in my mind's eye as I read this book.
We just recently watched the TV series made of the Rebus books and I think I hooked my husband on him too. I read recently that Rankin wasn't pleased with the TV adaptation because they had to leave too much out and I can understand that. On the other hand, Ken Stott who played Rebus was just perfect and I'm sure I'll be seeing him in my mind's eye as I read this book.
Well, Rebus has lost none of his charm (if that's the word for his gruff personality). Mind you none of his supervisors would find him charming.
Rebus is retired but working for the Edinburgh Police (technically Lothian and Borders Police) in a cold case unit. When an Englishwoman calls up looking for the man that used to head the cold case squad Rebus takes the call. Her daughter went missing on New Year's Eve in 1999 and hasn't been heard from since. She thinks her daughter's abduction was the start of a serial crime against women travelling alone on the A9. As the regular police are dealing with another girl missing from the A9 she wants to get someone to look at the possibility this is connected with her daughter's disappearance. She talked to Siobhan Clarke but got nowhere. Rebus starts to do some checking. Soon he is back working with Clarke on the present inquiry and trying to link it to the others. The girl who has just gone missing is the daughter of a mobster's girlfriend and if the mobster gets to the perpetrator before the police do there will be no case to prosecute. Rebus old nemesis, Ger Cafferty, is still in the picture as is Malcolm Fox, an inspector for The Complaints who we met in the last two Rankin books.
So it seems like all the players from the old Rebus days are around but will Rebus be back once this case is closed? They've increased the age for police officers and Rebus is tempted to go back. After all, it's not like he has any hobbies. But if he becomes a regular serving member then Malcolm Fox will be on his back. And there's always the question of whether he will pass the medical.
I'm rooting for you Rebus!
For those of you wondering the title comes from a Jackie Leven song which Rebus mishears. The lyrics talk about "standing in another man's rain" but Rebus hears rain as grave. Jackie Leven died of cancer in 2011 and this book is dedicated to him.
Rebus is retired but working for the Edinburgh Police (technically Lothian and Borders Police) in a cold case unit. When an Englishwoman calls up looking for the man that used to head the cold case squad Rebus takes the call. Her daughter went missing on New Year's Eve in 1999 and hasn't been heard from since. She thinks her daughter's abduction was the start of a serial crime against women travelling alone on the A9. As the regular police are dealing with another girl missing from the A9 she wants to get someone to look at the possibility this is connected with her daughter's disappearance. She talked to Siobhan Clarke but got nowhere. Rebus starts to do some checking. Soon he is back working with Clarke on the present inquiry and trying to link it to the others. The girl who has just gone missing is the daughter of a mobster's girlfriend and if the mobster gets to the perpetrator before the police do there will be no case to prosecute. Rebus old nemesis, Ger Cafferty, is still in the picture as is Malcolm Fox, an inspector for The Complaints who we met in the last two Rankin books.
So it seems like all the players from the old Rebus days are around but will Rebus be back once this case is closed? They've increased the age for police officers and Rebus is tempted to go back. After all, it's not like he has any hobbies. But if he becomes a regular serving member then Malcolm Fox will be on his back. And there's always the question of whether he will pass the medical.
I'm rooting for you Rebus!
For those of you wondering the title comes from a Jackie Leven song which Rebus mishears. The lyrics talk about "standing in another man's rain" but Rebus hears rain as grave. Jackie Leven died of cancer in 2011 and this book is dedicated to him.
