Rebus book 15 · 2004
Fleshmarket Close
An asylum seeker is stabbed to death on a run-down housing estate, and two skeletons are found under the cellar floor of a pub in Fleshmarket Close. With his old station closed, Rebus follows the case into the way Scotland treats its immigrants.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 15 of 25
- Published
- 2004
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Fleshmarket Close on screen
- Rebus (2000–2007, series, ITV). John Hannah and then Ken Stott play the Edinburgh detective inspector, working cases that reach from the city’s wealthy New Town to its forgotten estates.
Who is in Fleshmarket Close
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 Fleshmarket Close.
- Resurrection Men2002 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Exit Music2007 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Set in Darkness2000 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead Souls1999 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon