Bøger af Ian Rankin

The fifteenth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'It's another Rebus novel you can't put down, and Rankin at his most powerful' CHOICE

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The tenth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. 'Britain's best crime novelist' DAILY EXPRESS

The sixth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. 'An outstanding creation' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

The twelfth Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide... From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES

Rebus trækkes ind i en sag fra 70’erne. En kvinde findes kvalt på et af Edinburghs mest eksklusive hoteller. Hun er gift med en bankdirektør, men det er ikke ham, hun er tjekket ind sammen med. 40 år senere har Rebus sine egne grunde til at grave i sagen. 'I pagt med djævelen' er den 21. bog om Rebus.

Kriminalkommissær John Rebus går tit over stregen, uden at der bliver grebet ind. Men da han smider et krus te efter sin chef, Gill Templer, får det konsekvenser, og han bliver sendt på genopdragelseskursus på den Skotske Politiskole. De fem andre politifolk på kurset hører også til blandt de mere uortodokse i styrken.Mørkemændene bliver sat til at løse et seks år gammelt, uopklaret mord på Eric Lomax – en småforbryder, der havde slået sine folder i udkanten af byens underverden. De involverede politifolk havde kun været glade for at slippe af med ham og havde ikke prioriteret opklaringen særlig højt. Flere af Mørkemændene kendte Lomax, og spørgsmålet melder sig, om valget af denne sag beror på en tilfældighed, og om nogen højere oppe i systemet ikke så meget går efter at genopdrage Mørkemændene, men mere efter at finde et påskud til at slippe af med dem én gang for alle.Trettende bog i serien om John Rebus.“’Mørkemænd’ er på små 400 sider. Men ikke en af disse føles overflødig, for en gangs skyld lever en krimi op til sit sidetal. Den keder ikke et sekund, den er konstant og kontant spændende og sprogligt veloplagt med megen smerte og dog skotsk lune, humor og humanisme. Ian har gjort det igen, skrevet en af sæsonens bedste krimier."Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken

Under en politirazzia på et luksusbordel i Edinburgh bliver et af Skotlands mest populære parlamentsmedlemmer grebet på fersk gerning. Under en bro i Edinburgh finder man en kvinde, der er druknet . Og under et indbrud hos en teologiprofessor bliver der stjålet adskillige uvurderlige bøger.

Tilværelsen som pensionist behager overhovedet ikke John Rebus. Hobbyer, ferier og gør det selv-arbejde er ikke ham. At være politimand ligger ham i blodet. Så da kriminalassistent Siobhan Clarke beder om hjælp med en sag, er han ikke sen til at træde til. Clarke er i gang med at undersøge mordet på den pensionerede rigsadvokat D.M. Minton. Tilsyneladende et banalt indbrud, som er gået galt, men i afdødes pung finder man et trusselsbrev med ordlyden: ‘Jeg slår dig ihjel, for det du gjorde’. I den modsatte ende af Edinburgh bliver Big Ger Cafferty – Rebus’ livslange nemesis – udsat for et mordforsøg, og han har modtaget et tilsvarende trusselsbrev. Det er nu op til Clarke og Rebus at få samling på trådene og få stoppet morderen. Kriminalassistent Malcolm Fox er imens blevet tilknyttet en udenbys specialenhed, som overvåger og skygger en berygtet Glasgow-gangsterfamilie, der turnerer fra by til by på blodig jagt efter et eller andet. Vilde køtere hærger Edinburgh. "'Vilde køtere' er simpelthen Ian Rankin i topform. En begavet, vittig og elegant politirutineroman, hvor replikkerne er rappe som piskesmæld, spændingen konstant fra side til side ... Bogen er på over 400 sider, men den er ikke en side for lang." ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Politiken, Bo Tao Michaëlis "Plottet er spidsfindigt og mangevævet og tager yderligere et spring ... Læskende og småbittert som god IPA er det." Bent Stenbakken, Nordjyske "Atter en gang kan læserne opleve et ganske vist fiktivt, men alligevel overbevisende indblik i de dele af skotsk daglig(under) liv, der ikke figurerer i rejsebrochurerne, og et stramt koreograferet plot med adresse til betændte aktuelle begivenheder. Det hele præsenteret i et herligt underspillende sprog mættet af ironiske finter og som sædvanlig flot gengivet af Søren K. Barsøe på dansk." ***** Lars Ole Sauerberg, Jyllands-Posten "... ingen unødige svinkeærinder, sproget er stramt og rent, plottet er pletfrit, og figurerne er så begavet skildret, at de næsten er til at tage og føle på. Rankin er klassisk krimikvalitet." Merete Reinholdt, Berlingske "Ian Rankin skriver med samtalens kunst i front blændende godt. Der er nerve, følsomhed og detaljerigdom at hente." Bente Wiik, Fyens Stiftstidende "Velskrevet politiroman af højeste karat, hvor plot, personskildringer og miljø går op i en højere enhed. Den mavesure og sammensatte John Rebus er som altid et herligt bekendtskab ..." Lone Krøgh, Lektørudtalelse Tyvende bog i serien om John Rebus og samtidig femte bog i serien om Malcolm Fox

På en privatskole bliver to teenagere dræbt af en tidligere SAS-soldat, som derefter skyder sig selv. Som kriminalkommissær John Rebus udtrykker det: "Der er ikke noget mysterium i det, bortset fra hvorfor." Dette fører ham ind i hjertet af et rystet lokalsamfund - og til en forbindelse med hans egen problematiske fortid. Rebus bliver fascineret af morderen, som efterlader sig hemmeligheder og løgne. Alle mener, der er tale om en galning. Men hvilken forbindelse havde han til sine ofre? Hvorfor opfører det eneste overlevende øjenvidne til begivenheden sig så mærkeligt? Og hvorfor engagerer militære efterretningsagenter sig i sagen? Rebus har også sit at stå til ansvar for. En voldelig småforbryder, som gennem et stykke tid har chikaneret hans gode ven og kollega Siobhan Clarke, bliver fundet brændt ihjel i sin lejlighed. Rebus er blevet set sammen med ofret umiddelbart før branden, og han er nyudskrevet fra hospitalet med begge hænder bundet ind i gaze ... "Det er Rankin på sædvanligt højt niveau – lige til at nyde i selskab med en god single malt whisky." Hans Larsen, Ekstra Bladet "'Bundet af blodet' er endnu en suveræn krimi fra Ian Rankin" Mette Strømfeldt, BT "... endnu en fremragende og fascinerende krimi af den skotske og sofistikerede Ian Rankin." Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken "Rankin er i en klasse for sig." Mogens Rude, Jydske Vestkysten "Ian Rankin kan skrive. Intenst underholdende og skarpt. Det er svært at fatte, hvor god Rankin er." Bo Bjørnvig, Weekendavisen "Ian Rankin er i en klasse for sig selv. Rebus-bøgerne er anderledes, spændende og ikke til at lægge fra sig." Mie Petersen, Kristeligt Dagblad "Ian Rankin har for længst etableret sig som en af de rigtig tunge drenge inden for krimigenren. Hans kriminalkommissær, John Rebus, har alt, hvad der skal til for at fænge som litterær figur og som kommissær. Bøgerne emmer af et engagement, der nærmest sluger én." Christa Leve Poulsen, Børsen Fjortende bind i serien om John Rebus

Det trækker op til bandekrig mellem den skrupelløse opkomling, Tommy Telford, og byens ukronede gangsterkonge, Big Ger Cafferty. I krigens kølvand følger drab, narko og indsmugling af bosniske piger som sexslaver. Kriminalkommissær John Rebus bliver personligt involveret i flere af sagerne.Samtidig arbejder han på en sag om en pensioneret professor fra universitetet i Edinburgh, der måske i virkeligheden er en eftersøgt krigsforbryder og hovedansvarlig for en grufuld SS-massakre i en fransk landsby i 1944.Da Rebus’ egen datters liv bringes i fare, indgår han en pagt med djævelen, og hans eneste motiv bliver hævn."Fremragende moderne krimi, der bekræfter John Rebus' position som en af de mest fascinerende hovedpersoner i den moderne kriminallitteratur. Rankin fortjener mange læsere."Niels Lillelund, Jyllandsposten"Toppen af britisk krimi-litteratur. De hængtes have bør finde en stor dansk læserskare!"Holger Ruppert, B.T."En effektiv og anbefalelelsesværdig nattesøvnsdræber."Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken"Ian Rankin er i en klasse for sig selv. Rebus-bøgerne er anderledes, spændende og ikke til at lægge fra sig."Mie Petersen, Kristeligt Dagblad"Ian Rankin er et af de allerbedste nyere navne i britisk kriminallitteratur."Hans Larsen, Ekstra BladetNiende bog i serien om John Rebus.

Ingen kan lide ’Klagerne’ – de politifolk, som har til opgave at undersøge andre politifolk. Complaints and Conduct Department hedder afdelingen i Edinburgh, der er politiets specialenhed for interne affærer. Her arbejder Malcolm Fox. Han har netop afsluttet en stor sag om en række brodne kar i korpset og burde egentlig være tilfreds med sig selv.

Da det engang så fine Central Hotel i Edinburgh brændte ned til grunden, var det gerådet i dybt økonomisk uføre, og årsagen til branden blev aldrig opklaret. Ingen interesserede sig for det gamle fallitbo.Da der fem år senere bliver fundet et forkullet lig i ruinerne med en kugle i kraniet, bliver Rebus nære kollega Brian Holmes sat på sagen. Kort efter bliver Holmes usædvanligt brutalt overfaldet, og mens han kæmper for sit liv, begynder Rebus stik mod sine overordnedes ordrer at interessere sig for den gamle hotelbrand.Rebus finder Brian Holmes' notesbog, der indeholder kryptiske notater om sagen, og mens han langsomt afdækker oplysningerne fra 'den sorte bog' begynder han at lægge brikkerne til et puslespil, som nogle meget magtfulde kræfter med alle midler vil forhindre ham i at lægge."Rebus er jo sin egen, forbrydelserne trives godt i det skotske, og det hele er ganske forrygende og pokkers stemningsfuld læsning fra start til slut."Information"Ian Rankins krimi 'Den sorte bog' er en speget og ganske fremragende affære. ... Rebus er her i 1993 klart et oldebarn af Philip Marlowe, ja hele Rankins stilistiske elan og stilsikre replikker er opdateret og senmoderne Raymond Chandler i kilt og tartan."♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken"Rankin demonstrerer igen sine mesterlige evner som plotmager. Han håndterer snildt historier om en hjemvendt pædofil-dømt, knivstikkeri ved en slagter, en gammel hotel-og mordbrand, en overvågningsoperation og overfaldet på en kollega."Mogens Rude, Jydske VestkystenFemte bog i serien om John Rebus.

DI Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork but an escalating dispute between the upstart Tommy Telford and Big Ger Cafferty's gang gives Rebus an escape clause. Telford is known to have close links with a Chechen gangster bringing refugees into Britain as prostitutes. When Rebus takes under his wing a distraught Bosnian call girl, it gives him a personal reason to make sure Telford goes back to Paisley and pronto. Then Rebus's daughter is the victim of an all too professional hit-and-run and Rebus knows that there is now nothing he won't do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford - even if it means cutting a deal with the devil.

Publishers Weekly's starred review: "Set in and around colleges and universities, the 17 new stories and one reprint in this top-notch anthology explore the forbidding side of academia. As Block (the Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries) notes in his droll introduction, each of the varied, well-told tales is "as individual as fingerprints." Among the standouts are David Morrell's devious "Requiem for a Homecoming," in which two alumni cast suspicion on each other while debating a 20-year-old murder; Ian Rankin's riveting "The Reasoners," concerning the cover-up of a murder at a secret society in an ancient British university; and Reed Farrel Coleman's chilling "An Even Three," about a psychopath at a liberal arts college. Elsewhere, themes veer from rivalry, rape, and survival of the fittest, to plagiarism, academic ghostwriting, and unsavory alternative employment beyond the ivy-covered walls. Creepy oddities include Owen King's tale of heroism, "That Golden Way," A.J. Hartley's supernatural "Rounded with a Sleep," and Jane Hamilton's superlative "Writing Maeve Dubinsky," about the appropriation of another person's work. Crime fiction fans won't want to miss this exemplary compilation." Subterranean Press's announcement: "In recent years, colleges and universities have become known for their "trigger warnings" and "safe spaces"-but as the 18 authors who penned stories for this powerful new anthology can tell you, there's plenty of danger still lurking behind the stolid stonework, leather-bound volumes, and thickets of ivy. Award-winning editor Lawrence Block has assembled a Who's Who of literary luminaries and turned them loose on the world of academia, where petty rivalries and grand betrayals inflame relations between professors and students, deans and donors. From Ian Rankin to Joe Lansdale, Seanan McGuire to David Morrell, each author reveals the dark truths and buried secrets that make institutions of higher learning such a hotbed of controversy. You'll encounter plagiarism, sexual misconduct, and brutal competition-not to mention secret societies, cover-ups of murder, and one near-future course of study that makes The Handmaid's Tale look like Mother Goose. So: collect your supplies, plan your schedule, and prepare to pull an all-nighter, because The Darkling Halls of Ivy is required reading."Booklist Starred Review by Connie Fletcher: "Mystery maven Block, author of multiple series, is also the winner of an Edgar and a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Here, wearing his editor's hat, he assembles a collection of 18 short stories set in the often-fraught world of academia. The authors included, many of them well known, such as Ian Rankin, John Lescroart, and Peter Lovesey, take full advantage of campus scenery, in all its tree-filled, neo-Gothic glory. They also exploit the seething resentments and strange office politics of faculty and the power imbalances between faculty and students. For example, David Morrell's "Requiem for a Homecoming" uses a conversation between two alums about the fatal stabbing of a female student 20 years before to set up a wallop of a reveal. Other highlights include Reed Farrel Coleman's "An Even Three," which stars a bitter and possibly homicidal professor, and Ian Rankin's "The Reasoners," which showcases an eerie secret society. Readers who want more in this vein should check out the late Amanda Cross' academic mysteries as well as Julie Schumacher's Dear Committee Members (2014) and The Shakespeare Requirement (2018). An outstanding anthology."Thomas Pluck for Criminal Element: ""Short version: The Darkling Halls of Ivy is another great anthology edited by Lawrence Block, with everything from hitmen to witchery and publish or perish taken to the extreme, a delightfully enjoyable read for both those who miss their college days as well as those who look back with loathing."

John Rebus er anklaget for en forbrydelse, og han kan ende i spjældet på livstid. Gik han for vidt? Rebus har før taget loven i egen hånd, men det ser ikke ud til, at det kommer til at ske igen – spillereglerne har ændret sig.Samtidig står Siobhan Clarke over for den mest eksplosive sag i årevis. En korrupt betjent er forsvundet og med ham også beviser, som kan vælte hele byens politistyrke. Der er et opgør på vej, og det ser ud, som om der også bliver gjort op med Rebus.Det skrev pressen om ‘En sang til dystre tider’:"Igen skriver Rankin i et elegant, glidende sprog med både et rask behageligt tempo og en konkret og kompliceret sandsynlighed. Sat op på gnistrende møder med de implicerede mistænkte, som så at sige hver især får en scene i plot og drama, som til sidst skaber en sørgmunter og spændende helhed."♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥Bo Tao Michaëlis, Politiken

"John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. But what drove a good man to cross the line? Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke may well find out. Clarke is tasked with the city's most explosive case in years, an infamous cop, at the center of decades of misconduct, has gone missing. Finding him will expose not only her superiors, but her mentor John Rebus. And Rebus himself may not have her own interests at heart, as the repayment of a past debt places him in the crosshairs of both crime lords and his police brethren. One way or another, a reckoning is coming - and John Rebus may be hearing the call for last orders"--

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.EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD brings back Ian Rankin''s greatest characters in a story exploring the darkest corners of our instincts and desires.

A Good Hanging contains twelve remarkable, gritty stories starring Detective Inspector John Rebus in his home city of Edinburgh, as only Ian Rankin can portray it: not just the tearooms and cobbled streets of the tourist brochures, but a modern urban metropolis with a full range of criminals and their victims--blackmailers, peeping Toms, and more than one kind of murderer. It's a city like any other, a city that gives birth to crimes of passion, accidents, and long-hidden jealousy, and a city in which criminal minds find it all too easy to fade into the shadows. As dedicated readers of the series well know, nobody is better equipped to delve into Edinburgh's back alleys and smoky pubs than Rebus, and no one better able to illuminate his world than Ian Rankin.

Ian Rankin's John Rebus, arguably the most realistic detective in crime fiction, is a brilliant but troubled man. When a young woman goes missing near his native Edinburgh, Scotland, Rebus finds himself just one small cog in the huge wheel of an inquiry set in motion by her powerfully rich father. Struggling to deal with both his own often-terrifying inner demons as well as the monstrous bureaucracy of the investigative team, Rebus finds himself drawn again and again into the case, desperately searching for the girl's salvation, as well as his own. In time Rebus uncovers two leads: one, a carved wooden doll stuffed tightly into a tiny casket, and the other the missing girl's possible involvement in a dark, disturbing Internet-based role-playing game. He enlists the help of the tech-savvy DC Siobhan Clarke, who is young enough to know her way around the net, but who may not be old and wise enough to avoid potentially deadly pitfalls and traps. Meanwhile, Rebus tracks down stories of similar caskets and dolls turning up in the area deep into Edinburgh's past, some stretching back to a time when body-snatchers turned into brutal killers.As Rebus and Clarke delve deeper and deeper into these perilous and obscure worlds, ancient and modern evils begin to converge and soon Rebus finds he's besieged by an impenetrable mass of secrets, lies, and deadly deceit that only he can make sense of. In The Falls, a brilliant addition to an award-winning series, both John Rebus and his creator, Ian Rankin, are at the top of their intense and satisfying form.

On the eve of the first Scottish parliament in three hundred years, Edinburgh is a city rife with political passions and expectations. Queensbury House, the home of Scotland's new rulers, falls in the middle of John Rebus' turf, keeping him busy with ceremonial tasks. That quickly changes, however, when a long-dead body is discovered in a Queensbury House fireplace, a homeless man throws himself off a bridge - leaving behind a suitcase full of cash - and an up-and-coming politician is found murdered. The links between the three deaths lead Rebus to a confrontation with one of Edinburgh's most notorious criminals, a man he thought he'd put in jail for life. Someone's going to make a lot of money out of Scotland's independence - and, as Inspector Rebus knows all too well, where there's big money at stake, darkness gathers.Set in Darkness is another chilling and intelligent crime novel from master of the genre Ian Rankin.

A chilling glimpse into the darkest extremes of human cruelty, The Hanging Garden is a page-turning literary thriller. This ninth entry in Ian Rankin's award-winning series confirms his reputation as a writer of rare and lasting gifts.Drugs. Extortion. Slavery. Organized crime is fighting for a hold on Inspector John Rebus's peaceful Scotland. And when Rebus rescues a young Bosnian girl forced into prostitution, he breaks a policeman's golden rule to never get personally involved in a case. Add to that the hunt for an elderly Nazi accused of slaughtering an entire French village, and Rebus wonders just how evil humans can be. Until his own daughter is mortally injured as a gangland warning for him to back off. Then even a dedicated cop like Rebus might make a deal with the devil to find the culprit. Not for justice. For revenge.

Bible John killed three women, and took three souvenirs. Johnny Bible killed to steal his namesake's glory. Oilman Allan Mitchelson died for his principles. And convict Lenny Spaven died just to prove a point. "Bible John" terrorized Glasgow in the sixties and seventies, murdering three women he met in a local ballroom--and he was never caught. Now a copycat is at work. Nicknamed "Bible Johnny" by the media, he is a new menace with violent ambitions. The Bible Johnny case would be perfect for Inspector John Rebus, but after a run-in with a crooked senior officer, he's been shunted aside to one of Edinburgh's toughest suburbs, where he investigates the murder of an off-duty oilman. His investigation takes him north to the oil rigs of Aberdeen, where he meets the Bible Johnny media circus head-on. Suddenly caught in the glare of the television cameras and in the middle of more than one investigation, Rebus must proceed with caution: One mistake could mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or, worse still, losing his job. Written with Ian Rankin's signature wit, style and intricacy, Black and Blue is a novel of uncommon and unforgettable intrigue.

It may be Inspector Rebus' toughest case ever in Let It Bleed, from brilliant crime writer Ian Rankin. In the dark days and biting windstorms of an Edinburgh winter, two drop-out kids dive off the towering Forth Road Bridge. A civic office is spattered by a grisly gun-blast. Two suicides and a murder that just don't add up, unless John Rebus can crunch the numbers. Following a trail that snakes through stark alleys and sad bars, shredded files and lacerated lives, Rebus finds himself up against an airtight, murderous conglomerate on the make in every arena of power. It's leeching the life and soul out of his city and, if it can, him too...

Gregor Jack has it all: young, wealthy, and charming, he's a highly respected member of Parliament, with a beautiful wife--and a closet bursting with skeletons. When he's caught in a police raid on an Edinburgh brothel, his house of cards begins to topple. Enter Detective John Rebus: he smells a set-up. When Jack's flamboyant wife Elizabeth disappears, Rebus uncovers a full-house of orgies, drunken parties, an incestuous "Pack" of deceitful chums...and ultimately Elizabeth's badly beaten body. Now Rebus is on a new quest--to find a killer who holds all the cards. Strip Jack is a stellar entry in Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series, which The New York Times calls "A superior series."

From a beautiful city's darkest side to the private sanctums of the upper crust, Rebus is seeking the perfect hiding place for a killer, in Hide and Seek, the second novel in the series from Ian Rankin.At night the summer sky stays light over Edinburgh. But in a shadowy, crumbling housing development, a junkie lies dead of an overdose, his bruised body surrounded by signs of Satanic worship. Inspector Rebus could call the death and accident--but won't. Instead, he tracks down a violent-tempered young woman who knew the dead boy and heard him cry out his terrifying last words: "Hide! Hide!" Now, with the help of a bright, conflicted young detective, Rebus is following the girl through a brutal world of bad deals, bad dope and bad company.