Rebus book 24 · 2022
A Heart Full of Headstones
Rebus is waiting to go on trial over an incident he will not discuss, and prison looks likely. Even so, Big Ger Cafferty has a job for him, and Siobhan Clarke is digging into a group of police officers whose secrets go back years.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 24 of 25
- Published
- 2022
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- Low
Who is in A Heart Full of Headstones
5 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases
Major 3
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
- Malcolm FoxComplaints officer, later in Major Crimes
- Big Ger CaffertyMorris Gerald Cafferty, Edinburgh crime boss
Minor and cameo 1
- BrilloRebus’s dog
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Rankin books that share the most characters with A Heart Full of Headstones.
- In a House of Lies2018 · Rebus · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Rather Be the Devil2016 · Rebus · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Even Dogs in the Wild2015 · Rebus · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Saints of the Shadow Bible2013 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon