Inspector John Rebus mysteries

A missing student, a six inch coffin containing a wooden doll, and mysterious role-playing games on the Internet are the intriguing elements of the latest case to challenge Inspector Rebus. The missing student comes from an influential family, and Rebus begins to get a bad feeling about the case in Warsaw. Whilst Rebus follows up a link with the distant past, his DC, Siobhan Clarke tackles the Internet challenges set by the mysterious Quizmaster.

Inspector John Rebus deals with a shooting incident at a private school north of Edinburgh and the death of a petty criminal who has been found burnt to death.

REBUS IS BACK. Twenty-five years since John Rebus appeared on the scene, he is as stubborn and anarchic as ever. Despite the politics between Rebus and Malcolm Fox, all Rebus wants to do is discover the truth about a series of disappearances stretching back to the millennium. The problem being, no one else wants to go there - and that includes Rebus's fellow officers. Not that any of that is going to stop Rebus.

Retirement doesn't suit John Rebus. So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help on a case, Rebus doesn't need long to consider. Clarke's been investigating the death of a lawyer whose body was found along with a threatening note. On the other side of Edinburgh, Big Ger Cafferty - Rebus's long-time nemesis - has received an identical note and a bullet through his window. Now it's up to Clarke and Rebus to connect the dots and stop a killer.

A missing private investigator is found locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - the body was in an area that had already been searched 10 years ago. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled, and now - after a decade without answers - it's time for the truth....