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Bombs are exploding in London, but life seems to have planted more subtle booby-traps for Miles Flint, a spy. The job appeals to Miles. He doesn't want action; he wants, just for once, not to botch a case. Having lost one suspect, Miles becomes too involved with another, a young Irishwoman. His marriage and home seem ready to crumble. But Miles is given one last chance for redemption: a trip to Belfast, which becomes a flight of terror and murder. Can the voyeur survive in a world of violent action?

Mary Miller is an outcast, believed by some to have occult powers, and is the mother of a bastard son, Sandy. Mary finds herself caught up in a faltering affair with a local schoolteacher while Sandy falls in love with a strange gypsy girl.

An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme. Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. But as Rebus investigates, he must deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love.

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.

Los buenos nunca son tan buenos y los malos nunca son tan malos pero hay un punto en que ambos se encuentran, y es entonces cuando el asunto puede ponerse interesante. Un accidente de tráfico en el culo del mundo. Implicados: la heredera de un magnate londinense y el hijo de un ministro, adalid de la secesión escocesa. Justo cuando el país se parte en dos ante el referéndum para la independencia. Algo en la escena no cuadra, y el veterano John Rebus, recién vuelto al cuerpo de policía, se pone a investigar.

Una serie de desapariciones aparentemente inconexas que se han ido sucediendo desde el cambio de siglo. Una madre decidida a descubrir la verdad. Un policía retirado desesperado por recuperar su antigua vida... Nina Hazlitt lleva una década preparada para escuchar la peor noticia sobre la desaparición de su hija. Pero sin cadáver, pistas, ni sospechosos, la investigación policial hace mucho tiempo que quedó aparcada.

For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long ago, and Nina's pleas to the cold case department have led her nowhere. Until she meets the newest member of the team: former Detective John Rebus. Rebus has never shied away from lost causes - one of the many ways he managed to antagonize his bosses when he was on the force. Now he's back as a retired civilian, reviewing abandoned files.

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and compromised cops, the ones who've made deals with the devil. And sometimes The Complaints must travel. A major inquiry into a neighboring police force sees Malcolm Fox and his colleagues cast adrift, unsure of territory, protocol, or who they can trust. An entire station-house looks to have been compromised, but as Fox digs deeper, he finds the trail leads him back in time to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist.

Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past. Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 years ago is being reopened. Rebus's team from those days is suspected of helping a murderer escape justice to further their own ends.

Nobody likes The Complaints—they're the cops who investigate other cops. It's a department known within the force as The Dark Side, and it's where Malcolm Fox works. He's a serious man with a father in a nursing home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship, frustrating problems about which he cannot seem to do anything.

Miles Flint observiert und belauscht Verdächtige für den britischen Geheimdienst. Als ihm kurz hintereinander zwei folgenschwere Fehler unterlaufen, räumen ihm seine Vorgesetzten noch eine letzte Chance ein. Miles soll die Verhaftung von IRA-Terroristen überwachen, was sich für ihn bald als Todesfalle entpuppt. Ab jetzt kämpft er nicht nur um sein Leben, sondern auch darum, die Verschwörung gegen ihn aufzudecken.

Schottland ist starr vor Entsetzen: Drei Frauen, brutal misshandelt und erwürgt, sind dem Serienmörder bereits zum Opfer gefallen. Erste Spuren führen Detective Inspector John Rebus von Edinburgh nach Glasgow und Aberdeen. Doch auch der alte Bible John hat sich aufgemacht, den in seinen Augen unwürdigen Nachahmer zu stellen, und John Rebus bleibt wenig Zeit, die Ermordung eines Mörders zu verhindern...

Ein illegaler Einwanderer wird ermordet in einer Edinburgher Sozialsiedlung gefunden - ein Mord mit rassistischem Hintergrund oder etwas ganz anderes? Die Spuren führen Inspector Rebus von der berüchtigten Sozialsiedlung Knoxland in die Tiefen der Edinburgher Unterwelt.

Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She's investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one of their own is killed, the powers that be want answers fast. But Clarke is puzzled: If Minton died in a robbery as everyone thinks, why is nothing missing from his home? The answer may lie not in what was taken but in what was left behind at the scene - an ominous note.

As he settles into an uneasy retirement, Rebus has given up his favorite vices. There's just one habit he can't shake: He can't let go of an unsolved case. It's the only pastime he has left, and up until now it's the only one that wasn't threatening to kill him. But when Rebus starts reexamining the facts behind the long-ago murder of a glamorous woman at a luxurious hotel - on the same night a famous rock star and his entourage were also staying there - the past comes roaring back to life with a vengeance.

Un joven poeta ruso ha sido asesinado durante un atraco que, al parecer, ha salido mal. La muerte coincide con la visita a Edimburgo de una delegación comercial rusa, y hay gente muy poderosa que quiere ver el caso cerrado cuanto antes. Pero ese no es el estilo del inspector John Rebus. No va a arrinconar un caso que huele a podrido solo porque alguien se lo aconseje. Aunque eso signifique buscarse problemas serios poco antes de su jubilación.

Die Beamten der "Internen Ermittlungen" haben innerhalb der Polizei keinen leichten Stand, schließlich nehmen sie ihre eigenen Kollegen ins Visier...

Siobhan Clarke ha estado investigando la muerte de un importante abogado cuyo cuerpo fue hallado junto a una nota amenazante. En el otro extremo de Edimburgo, Big Ger Cafferty -la vieja némesis de Rebus- ha recibido una nota idéntica y una bala a través de la ventana. Entre tanto, el inspector Malcolm Fox aúna fuerzas con un equipo de agentes de Glasgow que está persiguiendo a una conocida familia de gánsteres. Si su presencia en Edimburgo tiene que ver con el asesinato y las notas, quizás esté a punto de empezar una guerra por el control de la ciudad.