Ian Rankin

UNA NUEVA INVESTIGACIÓN DEL MÍTICO JOHN REBUS, AHORA MÁS CERCA DE LOS CRIMINALES QUE NUNCA.En una de las prisiones más infames de Escocia, un convicto es brutalmente asesinado en su celda. Al lado duerme John Rebus, que ha sido condenado y encerrado y ahora vive al otro lado del muro de la justicia.Pero, como bien dicen, las viejas costumbres son dificiles de eliminar, y es imposible para un detective no caer en la tentacion de investigar un misterio. Asi que Rebus activa su instinto natural y se involucra en una trama de conspiracion, corrupcion y muerte en la que incluso a esta figura legendaria le costara mantener la calma.Sin placa, sin autoridad y sin red de seguridad, caminara por la cuerda floja, con su vida en peligro a cada momento.¿COMO ENCONTRAR A UN ASESINO EN UN LUGAR LLENO DE ELLOS?

El diablo anda suelto y el detective Rebus quiere atraparlo.En una casa okupa de las afueras de Edimburgo encuentran el cadáver de un joven. A primera vista parece una muerte por sobredosis, pero el cuerpo ha sido cuidadosamente colocado con los brazos en cruz entre dos grandes velas, y en la pared alguien ha dibujado una estrella de cinco puntas.Quiza otro policia no le daria importancia, al fin y al cabo, no es mas que otro yonqui muerto, pero el inspector John Rebus, en contra de la opinion de todo el mundo, tiene claro que no ha sido algo accidental, y el jamas podria cerrar los ojos ante un posible caso de sacrificio humano.

El inicio de la saga del inspector John Rebus, un icono del género policiaco. Dos niñas han sido secuestradas y asesinadas en Edimburgo, un hecho que ha impactado en una opinión pública que, ya conmocionada, ve como pronto el numero de victimas comienza a aumentar. El veterano inspector John Rebus se ve obligado a formar parte de la investigacion cuando empieza a recibir unos enigmaticos mensajes anonimos, aparentemente enviados por el asesino, con pistas que solo el puede descifrar. Rebus debera luchar con sus problemas personales a la vez que intenta resolver un caso que podria convertirse en uno de los mas dramaticos sucesos de la historia en Escocia.

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.

Malcolm Fox ermittelt im schottischen Hinterland. Wo man die Dinge im Stillen regelt und die Toten tief begraben liegen. Ihr jungster Einsatz fuhrt Malcolm Fox und sein Team von der "Abteilung fur interne Ermittlungen" auf die schottische Halbinsel Fife in das Kustenstadtchen Kirkcaldy. Dort wurde der Polizist Paul Carter gerade der Korruption schuldig gesprochen. Eine Routineuntersuchung soll nun den Ruf seiner Dienststelle wiederherstellen - ein Drahtseilakt fur die internen Ermittler, die sich auf fremdem Terrain bewegen. Und dann wird der Mann, der das Verfahren ins Rollen brachte, tot aufgefunden. Es ist Carters eigener Onkel. Als sich sein Freitod als Mord entpuppt, verubt mit einer Waffe, die es gar nicht geben durfte, nimmt der Fall eine dramatische Wendung. Und plotzlich steht weit mehr auf dem Spiel als blo der Ruf der Polizei.

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D'où viennent les faux squelettes retrouvés enfouis sous une chape de ciment dans un bar de Fleshmarket Close ? Il faudra plusieurs enquêtes croisées, comme Rankin sait si bien les tisser, pour le savoir. Rebus, a la recherche du meurtrier d'un journaliste kurde immigré, met au jour un sale trafic de sans-papiers, qui débouche sur l'exploitation d'une main-d'oeuvre illégale qu'en d'autres temps on aurait qualifiée d'esclavage. Quant a Siobhan Clarke, sa fidèle partenaire, elle doit élucider le meurtre d'un violeur récemment libéré de prison. Une fois de plus, au lourd passé d'Edimbourg succède un présent honteux. Racisme primaire, mépris total de la dignité humaine et gros enjeux d'argent déclenchent chez Rebus une rage intense, et une forte envie de rééquilibra a sa façon la balance de la Justice !

It''s late autumn in Edinburgh and late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he tries to tie up some loose ends before retirement, a murder case intrudes. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. By apparent coincidence, a high-level delegation of Russian businessmen is in town - and everyone is determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically. But the further they dig, the more Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack - especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Meanwhile, a brutal and premeditated assault on a local gangster sees Rebus in the frame. Has the Inspector taken a step too far in tying up those loose ends? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, inglorious career, will Rebus even make it that far?

Ian Rankin A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, and an Internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance ...

Para el hombre adecuado, todas las puertas están abiertas... Mike Mackenzie es un hombre hecho a sí mismo, con mucho tiempo en sus manos... y un trozo de diablo en su alma. Él está buscando algo para animar su vida y dar un nuevo sentido a su existencia. Un encuentro casual en una subasta de arte le ofrece la oportunidad de hacer precisamente lo que mas desea: cometer el crimen perfecto. Pretende cometer una estafa en la Galeria Nacional de Escocia y para ello cuenta con dos amigos intimos expertos en el mundo del arte, con los que elabora un plan para robar algunas de las obras de arte mas valiosas. Sobre el autor Nacido en 1960, Ian Rankin se graduo en la universidad de Edimburgo en 1982. Su primera novela se publico en 1987 y todos sus libros han sido bestsellers en varios continentes y traducidos a decenas de idiomas.

A murder has been committed - but as the victim was a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is too concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that a serial killer is on the loose . . . When Rebus also starts looking into the apparent suicide of an MP, he is abruptly warned off the case, not least because the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland, and Rebus''s bosses want him well out of the way. But Rebus has never been one to stick to the rules, and when Siobhan has a very personal reason for hunting down a riot cop, it looks as though both Rebus and Clarke may be up against their own side . . .

Rebus is off the case - literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at a colleague. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for ''retraining'' - in other words, he''s in the Last Chance Saloon. Rebus is assigned to an old, unsolved case, but there are those in his team who have their own secrets - and they''ll stop at nothing to protect them. Rebus is also asked to act as a go-between for gangster ''Big Ger'' Cafferty. And as newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke works the case of the murdered art dealer, she is brought closer to Cafferty than she could ever have anticipated...

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 man's 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 Stevenson's long-lost pages...

Some cases never leave you. For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, Maria's killer has never been found. Meanwhile, the dark heart of Edinburgh remains up for grabs. A young pretender, Darryl Christie, may have staked his claim, but a vicious attack leaves him weakened and vulnerable, and an inquiry into a major money laundering scheme threatens his position. Has old-time crime boss Big Ger Cafferty really given up the ghost, or is he biding his time until Edinburgh is once more ripe for the picking? In a tale of twisted power, deep-rooted corruption and bitter rivalries, Rather Be the Devil showcases Rankin and Rebus at their unstoppable best.

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

In the 1960s, the infamous Bible John terrorised Scotland when he murdered three women, taking three souvenirs. Thirty years later, a copycat is at work, dubbed Johnny Bible. DI John Rebus's unconventional methods have got him in trouble before - now he's taken away from the inquiry and sent to investigate the killing of an off-duty oilman. But when his case clashes head-on with the Johnny Bible killings, he finds himself in the glare of a fearful media, whilst under the scrutiny of an internal enquiry. Just one mistake is likely to mean losing his job - and quite possibly his life.

Retirement doesn't suit John Rebus. He wasn't made for hobbies, holidays or home improvements. Being a cop is in his blood. So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help on a case, Rebus doesn't need long to consider his options. Clarke's been investigating the death of a senior lawyer whose body was found along with a threatening note. On the other side of Edinburgh, Big Ger Cafferty - Rebus's long-time nemesis - has received an identical note and a bullet through his window. Now it's up to Clarke and Rebus to connect the dots and stop a killer. Even Dogs in the Wild brings back Ian Rankin's greatest characters in a story exploring the darkest corners of our instincts and desires.

There is no detective like DI Rebus - brilliant, irascible and endlessly frustrating both to his friends and his long-suffering bosses. For over two decades he has walked through the dark places of Edinburgh ...Now Rebus's life is revealed through this complete collection of stories, from his early days as a young DC in 'Dead and Buried' right up to the dramatic, but not quite final, retirement in 'The Very Last Drop'. This is the ultimate Ian Rankin treasure trove - a must for aficionados as well as a superb introduction to anyone looking to experience DI John Rebus, and the dark and twist-filled crimes he has to investigate, for the very first time.

Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul. He is looking for something to liven up the days and settles on a plot to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the capital - the National Gallery of Scotland. So, together with two close friends from the art world, he devises a plan to a lift some of the most valuable artwork around. But of course, the real trick is to rob the place for all its worth whilst persuading the world that no crime was ever committed...