Rebus book 23 · 2020
A Song for the Dark Times
Rebus’s daughter Samantha calls to say her partner has disappeared from their home in the far north of Scotland. Rebus drives up to help, but he is the father of a suspect, and the case reaches back to a wartime prisoner camp nearby.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 23 of 25
- Published
- 2020
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 6
- Chart confidence
- Low
Who is in A Song for the Dark Times
6 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases
Major 1
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
Minor and cameo 4
- Deborah QuantPathologist and Rebus’s partner
- BrilloRebus’s dog
- Malcolm FoxComplaints officer, later in Major Crimes
- Big Ger CaffertyMorris Gerald Cafferty, Edinburgh crime boss
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Rankin books that share the most characters with A Song for the Dark Times.
- Rather Be the Devil2016 · Rebus · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Even Dogs in the Wild2015 · Rebus · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Midnight and Blue2024 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Saints of the Shadow Bible2013 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon