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Atonement
An Inspector Rebus story.
Visiting old colleague, Ken Flatley, in an Edinburgh nursing home brings home to Rebus that he, too, is getting older.
Finding Ken troubled by the fact that several of the apparently healthy people in the home have suddenly died, and to put his mind to rest, rebis promises to dig around to see if someone is doing some drastic bed-clearing.
Visiting old colleague, Ken Flatley, in an Edinburgh nursing home brings home to Rebus that he, too, is getting older.
Finding Ken troubled by the fact that several of the apparently healthy people in the home have suddenly died, and to put his mind to rest, rebis promises to dig around to see if someone is doing some drastic bed-clearing.
56 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Ian Rankin
425 books6,557 followersAKA Jack Harvey.
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; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ianrankin
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; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ianrankin
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December 4, 2014
This is one of Ian Rankin's short stories in book form for Shortlist.
It's a pretty decent story and a good way of passing half an hour to 40 minutes. It's the first Inspector Rebus story that I've read and maybe I should read more Ian Rankin.
A decent short story or short book, whatever you want to call it.
It's a pretty decent story and a good way of passing half an hour to 40 minutes. It's the first Inspector Rebus story that I've read and maybe I should read more Ian Rankin.
A decent short story or short book, whatever you want to call it.
July 22, 2016
Not a book but as good a short story about Rebus as any fan could want. Visiting a sergeant who had been helpful to him when was a new detective and was now in a care home, Rebus discovers two mysteries that need solving. With his usual mix of proper procedure and risk-taking Rebus solves both mysteries.
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