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| Author | Ian Rankin |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Detective novel |
| Publisher | Orion Books |
| Publication date | 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 484 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7528-4822-4 |
| Preceded by | The Falls |
| Followed by | A Question of Blood |
Resurrection Men is a 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. Ian Rankin OBE, DL, (born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife) is a Scottish Crime writer. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Detective fiction is a branch of Crime fiction in which a Detective (or detectives either professional or amateur investigate a crime usually Murder A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Orion Publishing Group Ltd is a UK -based Book Publisher. It is owned by Hachette Livre. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. The Falls is a 2001 Crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the twelfth of the Inspector Rebus novels A Question of Blood is a 2003 Crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the fourteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Ian Rankin OBE, DL, (born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife) is a Scottish Crime writer. It is the thirteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. The Inspector Rebus books are a series of Detective novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin.
Plot summary
Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of Detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, 10 of Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Detective Chief Superintendent Gill Templer is a detective in the Inspector Rebus series of novels by Scottish author Ian Rankin. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'. Scottish Police College, based at Tulliallan Castle, in Kincardine-on-Forth, provides basic training to all new recruits to the Scottish Police Forces
He is put with a team of officers in similar circumstances and together they are given an unsolved case to work on. This turns out to be one in which many of the team are already involved, and they all have their own secrets that they wish to keep hidden. Rebus is asked to act as a go-between for Edinburgh gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty, and newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke, while working the case of the murdered art dealer, is brought closer to Cafferty than she ever expected. Morris Gerald 'Big Ger' Cafferty is a notorious Edinburgh crimelord in the Inspector Rebus series of novels by Scottish author Ian Rankin. Detective Sergeant Siobhan Shi-vawn Clarke is a fictional detective in the Inspector Rebus series of novels by Scottish author Ian Rankin.
As always the cases are all linked and Rebus must use his trusted friends to uncover the truth before the truth uncovers him.
The title is a reference to the body-snatchers of the 19th century, who were known as 'resurrectionists' or 'resurrection men'. Body-snatching was the secret disinterment of bodies from Churchyards to sell them for Dissection or Anatomy lectures in Medical schools
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