Exit Music
From the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Sometimes murder is the easy way out...
A brilliant Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.
'Britain's No.1 crime writer' Daily Mirror
'Ian Rankin is a genius' Lee Child
A mugging gone wrong ... or murder?
A dissident Russian poet is found dead - at the same time a delegation of Russian businessmen arrives in town. For some, it is crucial that the case is closed quickly, clinically and with the minimum of attention.
But DI Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke believe this is something more than a random attack - especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Then, a brutal and premeditated assault on a local gangster puts Rebus in the frame - and he may not survive long enough to solve anything...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Ian Rankin’s Inside Story: “Exit Music was intended to be the final book of the series so it got a lot of publicity and is one of the very best sellers. As far as Rebus fans were concerned, this was going to be the final time they got to spend time with Rebus. And it honestly was intended to be. I thought because he’d reached the age of 60, and could therefore no longer work as a detective, ‘That’s it. If he’s not a detective, I can’t do anything with him.” So after Exit Music was published, I spent five years not writing about Rebus and not really thinking much about him. But fans did. They would constantly ask when he was coming back.
“You suddenly realise when you’re on a book tour or just meeting fans that Rebus does mean an awful lot to an awful lot of people. I mean, A, he doesn’t exist, and B, he’s basically ink. He’s ink on paper. But in people’s minds, and in their imaginations, he’s real. He’s more real than I am. Nobody worries about my health, but they all worry about Rebus’ health. When fans come to Edinburgh, and they go to the Oxford bar where Rebus drinks, and where I drink, I think they’re always disappointed that it’s not him they find there, it’s me, because I’m a much greyer character—a much less interesting character to be around than him. He’s dark, and brooding, and dangerous. I’m none of these things."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Insp. John Rebus has just 10 days to solve the apparently motiveless murder of Alexander Todorov, an expatriate Russian poet, before he reaches 60 and mandatory retirement in Edgar-winner Rankin's rewarding 17th novel to feature the Edinburgh detective (after The Naming of the Dead). When the dogged Rebus and Det. Sgt. Siobhan Clarke look into the crime, they find an array of baffling conspiracies involving Russian businessmen, Scottish bankers and local politicians pushing for an independent Scotland. A second murder, of a man who'd taped one of Todorov's poetry readings, ensures the case gets extra resources, and Rebus's own interest is whetted by the possible involvement of Edinburgh crime boss "Big Ger" Cafferty. Clever, insightful prose more than compensates for the byzantine plot. There's an appropriately wistful tone to this final entry in the series. Fans will miss Rebus and wonder what on earth he'll do in retirement.
