Rebus book 10 · 1999
Dead Souls
A respected detective’s suicide, a convicted paedophile rehoused in the city and a missing young man from Rebus’s home town all land on his desk at once. Meanwhile Cary Oakes, a killer released from an American prison, has come home to Edinburgh.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 10 of 25
- Published
- 1999
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in Dead Souls
4 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 2
- Gill TemplerRebus’s former lover, later his boss
- Big Ger CaffertyMorris Gerald Cafferty, Edinburgh crime boss
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Rankin books that share the most characters with Dead Souls.
- Black and Blue1997 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Let It Bleed1995 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Resurrection Men2002 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Mortal Causes1994 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon