Rebus book 22 · 2018
In a House of Lies
A body is found locked in a car hidden in woodland: a private investigator who vanished twelve years earlier. Rebus worked on the original inquiry, and as Siobhan Clarke reopens it, old mistakes start to surface.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 22 of 25
- Published
- 2018
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 7
- Chart confidence
- Low
Who is in In a House of Lies
7 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases
Major 2
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
- Malcolm FoxComplaints officer, later in Major Crimes
Minor and cameo 4
- Deborah QuantPathologist and Rebus’s partner
- BrilloRebus’s dog
- Big Ger CaffertyMorris Gerald Cafferty, Edinburgh crime boss
- Darryl ChristieYoung gangster rising to rival Cafferty
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Rankin books that share the most characters with In a House of Lies.
- Even Dogs in the Wild2015 · Rebus · 7 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Heart Full of Headstones2022 · Rebus · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Saints of the Shadow Bible2013 · Rebus · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Midnight and Blue2024 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon