Rebus book 12 · 2001
The Falls
Philippa Balfour, a student from a wealthy banking family, has disappeared in Edinburgh. Rebus is drawn to a small wooden doll in a coffin found near her family’s country house, while Siobhan Clarke follows the missing woman into an online puzzle game.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 12 of 25
- Published
- 2001
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 3
- Chart confidence
- Medium
The Falls 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 The Falls
3 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 1
- Gill TemplerRebus’s former lover, later his boss
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Rankin books that share the most characters with The Falls.
- Dead Souls1999 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Question of Blood2003 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Hanging Garden1998 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Fleshmarket Close2004 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon