Rebus book 9 · 1998
The Hanging Garden
Rebus is looking into an elderly man suspected of wartime atrocities when his daughter Sammy is badly hurt in a hit-and-run. With a gang war breaking out between Cafferty and a younger rival, Tommy Telford, Rebus has to decide how far he is prepared to go.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 9 of 25
- Published
- 1998
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in The Hanging Garden
5 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases
Major 3
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
- Samantha RebusRebus’s daughterBadly hurt in a hit-and-run
- 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 The Hanging Garden.
- Let It Bleed1995 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Set in Darkness2000 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Mortal Causes1994 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Black Book1993 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon