The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Short Stories
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There is no detective like Ian Rankin's Detective Inspector John Rebus, a man The New Yorker calls "the ideal sleuth." Brilliant, irascible and frequently frustrating to both his friends and his long-suffering bosses, John Rebus has made the dark places of Edinburgh his home for over two decades. The Beat Goes On collects all of Ian Rankin's Rebus short stories for the first time, including two never-before published tales written specifically for this collection. From his beginnings as a young Detective Constable in Dead and Buried right up to his dramatic, but not quite final, retirement in The Very Last Drop, Rebus shines in these stories, confirming his status as one of crime fiction's most compelling, brilliant, and unforgettable characters. In these gripping, fast-paced tales, the legendary Scottish detective investigates the sinister cases that are his specialty, including a gruesome student death, the brutal murder of a woman at the crux of a love triangle, an audacious jewel heist, suspicious happenings at a nursing home, and an ominous email that brings a family's darkest secrets to light. The Beat Goes On is the ultimate Ian Rankin treasure trove -- a must-have book for crime fiction aficionados and a superb introduction for anyone looking to experience DI John Rebus, and the dark, twist-filled crimes he investigates.

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08/11/2015
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English
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9780316296847, 9780316337731

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George P. Pelecanos does for the ordinary people of Washington, DC what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh's punters. Both put crime in the context of poverty and despair while unflinchingly portraying violence. Their humor runs from sardonic to gentle, lightening the atmosphere despite the grim situations. -- Katherine Johnson
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Wilson's mysteries have much in common with Rankin's. Wilson's complex and intelligent mysteries reveal the darkness at the core of even the most successful citizens, and his investigators are often isolated from their colleagues and tormented by personal problems. He employs a variety of settings, but his protagonists will attract Rankin's fans. -- Katherine Johnson
Wambaugh's cop stories go beyond the resolution of crime to look at the effects of The Job on the men and women who see too much crime and too few visible results. His genuinely confused and often sympathetic, though flawed, characters also will appeal to Rankin's readers. -- Katherine Johnson
Michael Connelly and Ian Rankin produce gripping stories of tenacious investigators with hard-living, hard-working qualities and fierce resistance to authority. Their independent heroes, whose obsession with justice comes at great personal cost, feature in police mysteries with complex plots, psychological depth, harsh realism, and a touch of wistful poetry. -- Katherine Johnson
Ian Rankin and John Harvey write gritty police procedurals (set in Edinburgh and the English midlands, respectively) featuring troubled lead detectives who must sort through personal problems as they solve intricate crimes--simultaneously dealing with unsympathetic superiors and colleagues. The complex storylines show the moral ambiguity involved in police work. -- Katherine Johnson
Minette Walters writes a blend of psychological suspense and mystery that will appeal to Ian Rankin's fans willing to go beyond the police procedural subgenre. Her plots are more convoluted, and her characters are even more disturbing than Rankin's, but the realistic portrayal of contemporary British society will please his readers. -- Katherine Johnson
Henning Mankell and Ian Rankin portray similar aging, anxious police detectives who are so committed to police work that they screen out other parts of their lives. Their landscapes feature miserable weather, and their investigations focus on horrible crimes of the dark side of modern society. Mankell's non-mystery novels may also appeal to Rankin's readers. -- Katherine Johnson
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Published Reviews

Booklist Review

Rankin took a year-long sabbatical from writing recently, but he's back at it, with a new Rebus novel due in January 2016. In the meantime, for fans of the curmudgeonly Edinburgh police inspector, this collection of all the Rebus short stories should fill the bill nicely. The volume follows a more or less chronological approach in terms of Rebus' career rather than the publication dates of the stories with selections from two previously published collections (A Good Hanging and Other Stories, 2002, and Beggars Banquet, 2003) bracketed by unpublished stories that find the inspector at the beginning and end of his career, respectively. Perhaps the most intriguing of the bunch, particularly for longtime Rebus followers, is Dead and Buried, which is set in the mid-1980s, when Rebus was a rookie copper, the same period covered via flashback in Saints of the Shadow Bible (2014). As in that novel, the story gives us a tantalizing glimpse of both sides of Rebus' ever-fascinating personality: the truth seeker and the rule breaker. This full meal of short courses offers a satisfying cross section from the career of one of crime fiction's most memorable characters.--Ott, Bill Copyright 2015 Booklist

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Publisher's Weekly Review

The 31 rewarding stories in Edgar-winner Rankin's complete John Rebus collection span the Scottish detective's entire career, from his early days as a policeman learning the ropes right up to the time of his quasi-retirement. The best entries, such as "A Good Hanging," which involves a murder disguised as a suicide during the Edinburgh fringe festival, feel like short novels. "Auld Lang Syne," a superb tale set during a riotous New Year's celebration, has a well-observed, even literary feel, while others offer traditional cases, such as "The Trap," in which Rebus uncovers the truth about an aging husband's deadly fall. Some Rebus fans will be familiar with many of the selections, which have been collected previously, but six have never been published in book form and two are written just for this volume. At short form, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, no-respect-for-authority Rebus, the star of 20 novels, remains a compelling character, and this thick tome is a welcome addition to the Rankin canon. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Kirkus Book Review

Rebus fans, rejoice: here are one novella, two new stories, and 28 reprinted tales about veteran detective John Rebus. This cross section of Rebus' career includes a month-by-month account of his detective work, starting with "Playback," a case that everyone but our hero considers open-and-shut. It's followed by a tale of a homeless man providing Rebus with a valuable clue in "Being Frank"; a vision of Jesus that helps solve a murder in "Seeing Things"; an assist from Shakespeare in "A Good Hanging"; and the cycle's final entry, in which an ex-con finds his own kind of peace at the year's end in "Auld Lang Syne." Christmas brings its offbeat crimes, too. "No Sanity Claus" shows how useful a holiday outfit can be for a small-time crook. In "St. Nicked," a Yuletide heist takes an unexpected turn. And Rebus finds himself in a showdown at the Festival of Santas in "Penalty Claus." In other previously published stories, the detective's keen ear cracks a case in "Talk Show," and his skill with crossword puzzles comes to the fore in "Trip Trap." Rebus, generally a notorious rule flouter, is unusually conscientious in "Facing the Music." The novella, Death Is Not the End, reunites Rebus with a childhood friend and an old flame. In "The Very Last Drop," the recently retired Rebus takes on a ghost in a brewery. The first of the two new stories, "The Passenger," concerns a woman who bought a one-way ticket on a solitary holiday, and the second shows the perennially hard-drinking Rebus running true to form when he's up against "A Three-Pint Problem." Rankin's (Saints of the Shadow Bible, 2014, etc.) canny cop is as gray and dour as his Edinburgh beat, but he's in fine form in these clever, occasionally touching, and often wryly funny vignettes. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Booklist Reviews

Rankin took a year-long sabbatical from writing recently, but he's back at it, with a new Rebus novel due in January 2016. In the meantime, for fans of the curmudgeonly Edinburgh police inspector, this collection of all the Rebus short stories should fill the bill nicely. The volume follows a more or less chronological approach—in terms of Rebus' career rather than the publication dates of the stories—with selections from two previously published collections (A Good Hanging and Other Stories, 2002, and Beggars Banquet, 2003) bracketed by unpublished stories that find the inspector at the beginning and end of his career, respectively. Perhaps the most intriguing of the bunch, particularly for longtime Rebus followers, is "Dead and Buried," which is set in the mid-1980s, when Rebus was a rookie copper, the same period covered via flashback in Saints of the Shadow Bible (2014). As in that novel, the story gives us a tantalizing glimpse of both sides of Rebus' ever-fascinating personality: the truth seeker and the rule breaker. This full meal of short courses offers a satisfying cross section from the career of one of crime fiction's most memorable characters. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews.

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Library Journal Reviews

Rankin, a key purveyor of Tartin noir, is an internationally best-selling author with the Edgar Award and the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger tucked into his belt. As august a publication as The New Yorker calls his Detective Inspector John Rebus "the ideal sleuth." Here, all of Rankin's Rebus short stories are collected for the first time.

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Publishers Weekly Reviews

The 31 rewarding stories in Edgar-winner Rankin's complete John Rebus collection span the Scottish detective's entire career, from his early days as a policeman learning the ropes right up to the time of his quasi-retirement. The best entries, such as "A Good Hanging," which involves a murder disguised as a suicide during the Edinburgh fringe festival, feel like short novels. "Auld Lang Syne," a superb tale set during a riotous New Year's celebration, has a well-observed, even literary feel, while others offer traditional cases, such as "The Trap," in which Rebus uncovers the truth about an aging husband's deadly fall. Some Rebus fans will be familiar with many of the selections, which have been collected previously, but six have never been published in book form and two are written just for this volume. At short form, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, no-respect-for-authority Rebus, the star of 20 novels, remains a compelling character, and this thick tome is a welcome addition to the Rankin canon. (Aug.)

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rankin, I. (2015). The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Short Stories . Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rankin, Ian. 2015. The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Short Stories. Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rankin, Ian. The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Short Stories Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

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Rankin, I. (2015). The beat goes on: the complete rebus short stories. Little, Brown and Company.

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Rankin, Ian. The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Short Stories Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

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