Long Shadows

Rebus: Long Shadows

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by Ian Rankin

Inspector Rebus series #21.5

published June 2019

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This is the first stage play by Ian Ranking, featuring detective Rebus in a new original story, co-authored with the award-winning playwright Rona Munro. It fits as book #21.5 in the Rebus series, and this time around, he wants to solve a case that puts him in the awkward position of having to ask for help from someone he’s never seen eye to eye.

John Rebus is not as young as he was, but his detective instincts have never left him. And after the daughter of a murder victim turns up outside his flat, he’s going to need them at their sharpest.

Enlisting the help of his old friend DI Siobhan Clarke, Rebus is determined to solve this cold case once and for all. But Clarke has problems of her own, problems that will put her at odds with her long-time mentor and push him into seeking help from his age-old adversary: ‘Big Ger’ Cafferty.

This haunting story takes Rebus to places he has never been before, sets him and his long-time foe on a collision course and takes us deeper into one of the most satisfying conflicts in modern fiction.

Featuring an introduction from Rankin himself, a Q&A between writers Ian and Rona, an interview with the director, and behind-the-scenes production materials, this book is one Rebus fans will not want to miss out on.