Rebus book 17 · 2007
Exit Music
Rebus has ten days left before retirement when a Russian poet who criticised his government is found murdered in Edinburgh. With Russian businessmen in town and Cafferty taking an interest, Rebus wants one last result.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 17 of 25
- Published
- 2007
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in Exit Music
4 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold casesDays from retirement
Major 2
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
- Big Ger CaffertyMorris Gerald Cafferty, Edinburgh crime boss
Minor and cameo 1
- Gill TemplerRebus’s former lover, later his boss
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Rankin books that share the most characters with Exit Music.
- Fleshmarket Close2004 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Resurrection Men2002 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Set in Darkness2000 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead Souls1999 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon