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The increasing warmth between Russia and various NATO countries has led to a corresponding chill between Europe and her American allies. Now the American are leaving Europe — and international tensions are rising.

Martin Hepton is a technical working on the Zephyr programme, monitoring the program of Britain’s only spy satellite — a satellite now invaluable to the UK as, with the enforced departure of the Americans, all technological support from the US has been cut off.

Mike Dreyfuss is a British astronaut, part of a Shuttle crew charged with launching a new communications satellite for the US government; a man distrusted by his fellow astronauts because of the current political situation.

When Zephyr suddenly and mysteriously goes briefly off the air and a colleague of Hepton’s confides his suspicions to him, Hepton finds his own survival at risk — apparently from some very official sources indeed. And Dreyfuss, sole survivor of a fatal shuttle crash, a man on the run in a hostile America, has the only key to the riddle both men must solve if they are to stay alive.

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?

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.

Hands in his pockets, Rebus turned to face Cafferty.

They were old men now, similar builds, similar backgrounds. Sat together in a pub, the casual onlooker might mistake them for pals who'd known one another since school.

But their history told a different story.

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.

Meanwhile, DI Malcolm Fox joins forces with a covert team from Glasgow who are tailing a notorious crime family. There's something they want, and they'll stop at nothing to get it.

It's a game of dog eat dog — in the city, as in the wild.

W Edynburgu zaginęła mała dziewczynka. Prawdopodobnie czeka ją taki sam los jak dwie pozostałe ofiary brutalnego mordercy – śmierć przez uduszenie sznurkiem z zawiązanymi supłami. John Rebus, detektyw nadużywający alkoholu i papierosów, jest jednym z wielu policjantów poszukujących choćby najmniejszego śladu mordercy. W tym samym czasie do mieszkania detektywa zaczynają docierać listy z zapętlonymi kawałkami sznurka i skrzyżowanymi zapałkami. Owe tajemnicze wiadomości, które początkowo nie wzbudzają podejrzeń, a jedynie irytują Rebusa, przywołują mroczne i z trudem wyrzucone z pamięci wspomnienia z pobytu w wojsku. Czy właśnie tutaj tkwi rozwiązanie zagadki porwań dziewczynek?

En un barrio de viviendas protegidas de Edimburgo aparece asesinado un sin papeles. ¿Se trata de una agresión racista o de algo muy distinto? Es un caso que, sin duda, interesa a Rebus, que se encuentra en ese momento rodeado de problemas: han cerrado su antigua comisaría y sus jefes querrían que se retirara. Pero Rebus es más terco que nadie. Durante las indagaciones visita un centro de detención para inmigrantes, trata con el sórdido mundo del hampa de Edimburgo y probablemente acabe enamorándose. Siobhan, por otra parte, tiene sus propios problemas. Una joven de dieciocho años ha desaparecido de casa y ella se siente obligada a ayudar a los padres, lo que implica acercarse más de lo debido a un violador convicto. Está además involucrada en otro caso, el de los dos esqueletos de mujer y de niño enterrados bajo el suelo de cemento de un sótano en el callejón Fleshmarket, un asunto que alguien quiere que salte a los medios, pero ¿quién y por qué? ¿Existe alguna relación entre este caso y el del barrio de pisos baratos de Knoxland? Callejón Fleshmarket indaga el proceso interno de una sociedad que ha perdido sus buenas costumbres y se ve inmersa en lo peor de la naturaleza humana: la codicia, la desconfianza, la violencia y la explotación.

Julio de 2005: todo el mundo tiene los ojos puestos en Escocia. Los selectos dirigentes de los países del G8 se reúnen en la capital y las marchas de protesta, manifestaciones callejeras y refriegas diarias tienen desbordada a la policía. Pero un agente continúa en excedente al margen de todo. Al inspector Rebus le dejan marginado por temor a que cree problemas a la superioridad en estas cruciales circunstancias. Pero todo cambia a raíz de la caída nocturna de un joven político desde las murallas del Castillo de Edimburgo, hecho que sitúa a Rebus en primer plano. Hay que demostrar el suicidio, y rápido, para que no robe páginas al acontecimiento principal. Pero el caso queda rápidamente ensombrecido por otro peligro más mortífero. Una serie de misteriosas claves dejadas en un bosque cercano en las afueras de Edimburgo comienzan a apuntar a un asesino en serie, un criminal dedicado a matar a violadores recién puestos en libertad.

Las autoridades se apresuran a que no trascienda ninguno de los dos casos por temor a que desplacen el interés informativo de una reunión de tan global importancia. Pero Rebus no es de los que se atengan al reglamento y cuando su colega, la agente Siobhan Clarke, se encuentra envuelta en desentrañar la identidad del antidisturbios que agredió a su madre, todo parece indicar que Rebus y Clarke van a verse enfrentados en un conflicto y, en consecuencia, antes de que concluya la agitada semana, tendrán que adoptar decisiones que les pueden afectar para siempre.

Dos inocentes niñas han sido secuestradas y asesinadas en Edimburgo para asombro de la opinión pública, que se ha visto conmocionada ante tal crimen.

El veterano inspector John Rebus, alcohólico y fumador empedernido, tomará parte en la investigación cuando una tercera menor desaparezca bajo las mismas circunstancias.

Con un turbulento pasado y un estilo de vida totalmente desestructurado, Rebus deberá dejar a parte sus problemas personales para centrarse en la resolución de un caso que podría convertirse en el más dramático suceso que pueda recordarse en toda Escocia. Pronto el asesino que todos buscan comenzará a enviar una serie de pistas que quizá solo Rebus podrá llegar a resolver.

El inspector Rebus se desvive por llegar al fondo de una investigación que podría desenmascarar a un genocida de la segunda guerra mundial, asunto que el gobierno británico preferiría no destapar, cuando la batalla callejera entre dos bandas rivales llama a su puerta. Un mafioso checheno y Tommy Telford, un joven gánster de Glasgow que ha comenzado a afianzar su territorio

Rebus, rodeado de enemigos, explora y se enfrenta al crimen organizado; quiere acabar con Telford, y así lo hará, aun a costa de sellar un pacto con el diablo.

Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel, was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into over thirty languages and are bestsellers worldwide.

Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America’s celebrated Edgar award for He has also been shortlisted for the Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark’s Prize, the French and the Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay St Andrews, Edinburgh, Hull and the Open University

A contributor to BBC2’s he also presented his own TV series, He has received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh. He has also recently been appointed to the rank of Deputy Lieutenant of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons. Visit his website at .

Edimburgo está a punto de convertirse, al cabo de casi tres siglos, en anfitriona del primer Parlamento escocés, un hito histórico y político que enciende pasiones. El inspector Rebus ha sido destinado al comité de enlace de seguridad del Parlamento, en Queensberry House, centro mismo del distrito de la comisaría de St. Leonard. De Queensberry House, futura sede del gobierno de la nueva Escocia, perdura la maldición de una leyenda, una maldición que según algunos recaerá sobre los nuevos inquilinos.Los problemas empiezan cuando, en la antigua chimenea donde de acuerdo con la leyenda murió asado un joven, aparece el cadáver de Roddy Grieve,candidato a un escaño en el nuevo Parlamento.

Rebus is drafted in by Scotland Yard to help track down a cannibalistic serial killer called the Wolfman, whose first victim was found in the East End of London's lonely Wolf Street. His London colleague, George Flight, isn't happy at what he sees as interference, and Rebus encounters racial prejudice as well as the usual dangers of trying to catch a vicious killer.

When Rebus is offered a psychological profile of the Wolfman by an attractive woman, it seems too good an opportunity to miss.

Rebus finds himself with a number of problems on his hands. His wayward brother, Michael, has returned to Edinburgh in need of accommodation — with only the box-room in Rebus's flat available. While out drinking, he meets an old army friend, Deek Torrance, who admits to being involved in shady activities, telling Rebus he can get his hands on 'anything from a shag to a shooter'. Rebus spends so long out with Deek that he misses dinner with his girlfriend, Doctor Patience Aitken. Furious, she locks him out of her flat, forcing him to sleep in his own flat, on the sofa.

Detective Inspector John Rebus and Frank Lauderdale start the book with a car chase across Edinburgh, culminating with the two youths they are chasing throwing themselves off the Forth Road Bridge and in Rebus being injured in a car crash. Rebus' upset over this allows Rankin to show the character in a new light, revealing his isolation and potentially suicidal despair.

After the unconnected suicide of a terminally ill con, Rebus pursues an investigation that implicates respected people at the highest levels of government, and due to the politically sensitive nature of what he is doing, faces losing his job, or worse. He is supported by his daughter Sammy, allowing their distant relationship to be built upon.

The title refers to the Rolling Stones album .

Over the years, Ian Rankin has amassed an incredible portfolio of short stories. Published in crime magazines, composed for events, broadcast on radio, they all share the best qualities of his phenomenally popular Rebus novels. 10 years ago, A GOOD HANGING Ian's first short story collection demonstrated this talent and now after nearly a decade at the top of popular fiction, Ian is releasing a follow up. Ranging from the macabre ('The Hanged Man') to the unfortunate ('The Only True Comedian') right back to the sinister ('Someone Got To Eddie') they all bear the hallmark of great crime writing. Of even more interest to his many fans, Ian includes seven Inspector Rebus stories in this new collection…

"My dad used to say to me, 'Try to keep a cool head and a warm heart'. At least I think it was my dad. I don't really remember him." Gravy worked in the graveyard – hence the name. He was having a normal day until his friend Benjy turned up in a car Gravy didn't recognise. Benjy had a bullet hole in his chest, but lived just long enough to ask Gravy to hide him and look after his gun. Gravy had looked after things for Benjy before, but never a gun. When Gravy looked in the car he found blood, a balaclava and a bag stuffed with money. Gravy's not too bright but he wants to help his friend. So Gravy finds himself caught up in the middle of a robbery gone wrong, a woman who witnessed a murder, and some very unpleasant men who will do anything to get back the money Benjy stole…

For the right man, all doors are open… 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 perhaps give new meaning to his existence. A chance encounter at an art auction offers him the opportunity to do just that as he settles on a plot to commit a 'perfect crime'. He intends 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. But soon after he enters the dark waters of the criminal underworld he realises that it's very easy to drown…

The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex army, spots a paramilitary link, but how can this be true? It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in the throng ing city streets. Special Branch are interested, however, and Rebus finds himself seconded to an elite police unit with the mission of smashing whatever cell may exist. But the victim turns out to be a gangster's son, and the gangster wants revenge on his own terms. Soon Rebus finds himself in a non man'sland where friendly fire is as likely to score a hit as anything lauched by the unseen enemy.

'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.

BCA Crime Thriller of the Year (nominee)

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, keen to bring business to Scotland. The politicians and bankers who run Edinburgh are determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically. But the further they dig, the more Rebus and his colleague DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack – especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Meantime, a brutal and premeditated assault on local gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty 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?

Un antiguo miembro de las Fuerzas Especiales del Ejército irrumpe en un acto de locura en un colegio privado del norte de Edimburgo, mata a dos alumnos de diecisiete años y acto seguido se suicida. Tal como dice el inspector Rebus «No hay misterio» salvo en el móvil. Interrogante que le conduce al corazón de una pequeña localidad conmocionada por la tragedia. Rebus, que también ha servido en el Ejército, fascinado por la figura del asesino, comprueba que una investigación militar del caso entorpece la suya. Al ex comando no le faltaban amigos ni enemigos: desde personajes públicos hasta jóvenes góticos de atuendo negro y oscuros habitantes de la pequeña localidad cuyas vidas transcurren en un trasfondo de secretos y mentiras. Pero Rebus tiene que hacer también frente a sus propios apuros. Un malhechor, que acosa a su amiga y colega Siobhan Clarke, aparece muerto en su casa tras un incendio cuando el mismo Rebus acaba de salir del hospital con las manos totalmente quemadas.