5/22/2023 0 Comments Exit music rebus![]() ![]() The added mystery in this outstanding crime fiction adds to the tension, and forces Rebus to examine his life’s work and choices. ![]() “A Heart Full of Headstones” finds Rebus in court - but this time he’s the one on trial though Rankin doesn’t reveal the charges, or the verdict, until the end. “A Heart Full of Headstones,” by Ian Rankin. But Rebus has reconnected with his daughter and granddaughter, and he has a dog, Brillo, who forces him to get out of his rooms. “A Heart Full of Headstones” again shows Rebus as an old man, struggling with health problems brought on by too many years of smoking and bad diet, now living in a first-floor apartment because climbing stairs is too much. Rebus had to retire from the police, but he has never retired from being a detective as an official police consultant or, most of the time, as a private citizen who can’t help but inject himself in investigations. Retirement has never been easy for former Edinburgh police detective John Rebus, making his 24th appearance in the superb “A Heart Full of Headstones.” While Ian Rankin retired his popular character from the police force in 2007’s “Exit Music,” the author has brought his Scottish hero back myriad times. ‘A Heart Full of Headstones’ by Ian Rankin. ![]() Ian Rankin’s news John Rebus novel is “A Heart Full of Headstones.” ![]()
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