Ian Rankin

EL ORIGEN DE UN ICONO DEL GÉNERO POLICIACO.Acaban de aparecer los cuerpos de dos muchachas que habían sido secuestradas en Edimburgo. Todo indica que no serán las últimas víctimas de un posible asesino en serie. Ante la tension creciente, la policia ha ampliado el equipo dedicado a investigar el caso. Uno de los ultimos en incorporarse es el taciturno sargento John Rebus, que desde hace dias recibe cartas anonimas con breves mensajes enigmaticos.

LA VERDAD SALDRÇ A RELUCIR. PERO PUEDE COSTARLE MUY CARA A REBUS.John Rebus ha estado en infinidad de ocasiones en un tribunal, pero esta es la primera vez que se sienta en el banquillo de los acusados. Acostumbrado desde hace decadas a saltarse las reglas para hacer cumplir la ley, ahora puede que haya ido demasiado lejos. Pero ¿como ha llegado a esta situacion?Antes de que todo esto estallara, la inspectora Siobhan Clarke se encontraba inmersa en un inquietante caso en torno a un turbio policia,aque aseguraba tener informacion comprometedora relacionada con la comisaria en la que trabaja, famosa por su corrupcion. Durante la investigacion,ael nombre de John Rebus sale a relucir mas vecesade lo deseable y Clarke tendra que decidir hastaaque punto le debe lealtad a su gran amigo Rebus.

A thrilling new novella about a Jekyll and Hydeobsessed Scot in Paris from the international-bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus mysteries. For recent college graduate Ronald Hastie, a job at the legendary Shakespeare and Company bookshop offers the perfect occupation during a summer abroad in Paris. Working part-time in exchange for room and board leaves plenty of freedom to explore the city once visited by his literary hero, Robert Louis Stevenson, and things only get better when he meets a collector who claims to have the original manuscripts of both the first draft of Jekyll and Hyde and the never-published The Travelling Companion (both thought to have been destroyed). Then Ron meets the mans mysterious assistant, and a reckless obsession stirs inside him. As the life he knew back home in Scotland fades from memory, he desperately seeks the secret lying within Stevensons long-lost pages....The Bibliomysteries are a series of short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.

It's been 25 years since Alfred Chalmers was convicted of the gruesome murder of four young women in Edinburgh. Isobel McArthur, Scotland's first Chief Superintendent, was the woman responsible for putting him behind bars, but the case has haunted her ever since. Now, with her retirement approaching, McArthur decides the time has come for answers. To uncover the truth, she revisits the case and interviews Chalmers for the first time in decades. But her decision rips opens old wounds and McArthur is soon caught up in a web of corruption, psychological mind-games and deceit that threatens not only her own life, but those of her fellow officers and even her own daughter. Tense, gritty and hard-hitting, DARK ROAD is the first ever stage play from bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin, co-written by the Royal Lyceum's Artistic Director Mark Thomson.

El inspector Rebus- y cuatro policías escoceses menos ortodoxos que él- es enviado a un curso de "rehabilitación" a la academia de policía de Tulliallan. Una vez allí al grupo se le asigna la solución de un caso antiguo no resuelto en el que habian intervenido todos ellos. Deliberada o no tal eleccion, el grupo se pregunta si el objetivo es deshacerse de ellos.Una vez mas, la prosa escueta, laconica y lucida de Rankin vuelve a arrastrar al lector hasta la ultima pagina.

DECIMOQUINTA ENTREGA DE LA SERIE REBUS, EL RANKIN MÁS SÓRDIDO Y ESCALOFRIANTE En un degradado barrio proletario de Edimburgo aparece asesinado un sin papeles. ¿Podría tratarse de violencia racista o de algo distinto? Sin dudarlo, Rebus se vuelca en el caso. Sin embargo, el inspector se enfrenta en esos momentos a otros problemas: han cerrado su antigua comisaria y sus jefes quieres que se retire, pero Rebus es mas obstinado que nadie. Novela ganadora del V Premio Pepe Carvalho

DECIMOSEGUNDA ENTREGA DE LA SERIE REBUS, EL RANKIN MÁS VIBRANTE Y SOBRECOGEDOR La hija de un poderoso banquero ha desaparecido. Solo hay dos pistas: el hallazgo de una muñeca en un minúsculo ataúd, cerca de la residencia familiar, y la participacion de la joven en un juego de rol en Internet dirigido por un oscuro guru. Todo apunta a otros antiguos casos no resultos. El inspector Rebus se pondra a hurgar en la primera pista, mientras la agente Siobhan Clarke seguira a un misterioso "Programador" en una investigacion contrarreloj. Un puzle siniestro con un desenlace del todo inesperado.

DECIMOCUARTA ENTREGA DE LA SERIE REBUS, POLICÍA Y SOSPECHOSO A LA VEZ Un exmilitar entra en una escuela de un pueblo costero al norte de Edimburgo, mata a dos jóvenes de diecisiete años y, luego, vuelve el arma contra si mismo. En su investigacion, el inspector Rebus descubre que el asesino y homicida tenia tanto amigos como enemigos en la comunidad, y que el mismo Ejercito esta poniendo trabas a su investigacion. Para colmo, Rebus es sospechoso de matar a un delincuente que ha esctado acosando a su colega y mas que amiga Siobban Clarke.

DECIMOTERCERA ENTREGA DE LA SERIE REBUS, MÁS SUSPICAZ Y BRILLANTE QUE NUNCA Debido a su insubordinación, Rebus es enviado a un centro de "reeducación" para policías. Allí llegan otros cinco agentes en su misma situacion, y juntos deberan resolver un antiguo caso sin cerrar. Sin embargo, Rebus guarda sus propios secretos sobre el caso y empezara a dudar de la verdadera finalidad de su reeeducacion y la sinceridad de sus ocasionales colegas. Pronto descubrira sombras que emborronan el pasado. Novela ganadora del Premio Edgar en 2004

Ian Rankin recibió un impresionante número de premios, entre ellos: Edgar a la mejor novela en el año 2004, el Grand Prix de littérature Policière y la Daga de Diamantes de la CWA en 2005. Thriller p

Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus's team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide?His colleagues back then called themselves 'the Saints', and swore a bond on something called 'the Shadow Bible'. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer, especially with a referendum on Scottish independence just around the corner.Who are the saints and who the sinners? And can the one ever become the other?

CUARTA ENTREGA DE LA SERIE REBUS, CON UN INSPECTOR MÇS TENAZ QUE NUNCA. La prensa de Edimburgo se ceba con el joven diputado Gregor Jack tras haber sido sorprendido en un prostíbulo durante una redada policial. Sin embargo, el fino olfato del inspector John Rebus le dice que alguien esta conspirando contra el politico, intuicion que pronto se vera confirmada con la desaparicion de Liz Jack, su acaudalada y libertina esposa. Una historia policiaca perfecta, circular, sobre la fragilidad de la condicion humana, tambien en el rutilante mundo los ricos. "En Jack al desnudo, Rankin desenmascara Edimburgo de su amable fachada para poner al descubierto su descarnado esqueleto" -The Times

Ian Rankin Read by James Macpherson'Mustn't complain' - but people always do Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'the Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship. In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when murder intervenes. THE COMPLAINTS is the searing new novel from Ian Rankin, an inquiry into personal morality, private vice, friendship, and the state of the nation

Ian Rankin Read by James Macpherson'Mustn't complain' - but people always do¿ Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'the Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship. In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when murder intervenes. THE COMPLAINTS is the searing new novel from Ian Rankin, an inquiry into personal morality, private vice, friendship, and the state of the nation.

Ian Rankin 'Mustn't complain' - but people always do...Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'The Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. It's where Malcolm Fox works. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's a man with problems of his own. He has an increasingly frail father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship - something which Malcolm cannot seem to do anything about. But, in the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. The problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when a vicious murder intervenes far too close to home for Fox's liking.

When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days.Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective?As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find...

"Johnny Bible", un apodo surgido de la prensa sensacionalista, es la nueva pesadilla que merodea por los más oscuros callejones de Glasgow. Su nombre rememora al más brutal asesino que la ciudad recuerda, John Bible, que cometio los mas horrendos crimenes treinta años atras. Ahora, segun todos los indicios, un nuevo monstruo pretende hacerse con la macabra fama que el Bible original consiguio sin haber sido jamas encarcelado. El inspector de policia John Rebus baraja cuatro casos de asesinato que parecen conducir a este anonimo criminal, pero debera ser cauteloso, ya que la detencion del sucesor de Bible no sera su mayor desafio. Acechado por Asuntos Internos y por los medios de comunicacion, Rebus no solo debera atrapar al depravado asesino, sino que necesitara hacerlo de la forma mas limpia posible para salvar su desprestigiada reputacion.

When a young woman is found unconscious at the wheel of her car, evidence at the scene suggests this was no ordinary crash. Especially when it turns out her boyfriend is the son of the Scottish Justice Minister and neither of them is willing to talk to the police. Meanwhile, John Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a big demotion and an even larger chip on his shoulder. A new law has been passed allowing the Scottish police to re-prosecute old crimes and a thirty-year-old case is being reopened, with Rebus and his team from back then suspected of corruption and worse. Known as 'the Saints', his colleagues swore a bond of mutual loyalty on something called 'the Shadow Bible'. But with Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer - and determined to use Rebus for his own ends - the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer. With political turmoil threatening to envelop Scotland, who really are the saints and who the sinners? And can the one ever become the other? SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE not only reaches back to the past to find out what John Rebus did, but also to discover who he really is.

John Rebus ist zuruck! Und steht vor seiner bislang groten HerausforderungEigentlich ist John Rebus, ehemals Detective Inspector bei der Polizei in Edinburgh, in Rente. Doch statt untatig zu Hause zu sitzen, geht er nun in der Cold Case-Abteilung alten ungelosten Verbrechen nach. Als ihn eine Frau um Hilfe bittet, deren Tochter nach einer Silvesterfeier zur Jahrtausendwende nicht mehr aufgetaucht war, sieht es zunachst nach einem hoffnungslosen Fall aus. Bis sich herausstellt, dass im Lauf der Jahre immer wieder junge Madchen in einem ahnlichen Gebiet verschwanden wie damals Sally Hazlitt. Zuletzt erst vor wenigen Tagen. Um weiter zu ermitteln, braucht Rebus die Hilfe seiner ehemaligen Kollegin Siobhan Clarke und gefahrdet durch seine unorthodoxen Methoden prompt ihre Karriere. Und dann bestatigt ein schockierender Fund seine schlimmsten Befurchtungen