Does the constantly missed doctor’s appointment become something of a running joke?

Discuss whether Siobhan is correct in believing that Gill Templer is ‘running scared’ since her new promotion?

How does Ian Rankin pun with ‘losing it’?

Is Rebus right to take the blame for DS Ellen Wylie’s error of judgement?

Is Rebus often a ‘willing martyr’?

Big Ger Cafferty doesn’t feature in The Falls – is he missed?

Copyright

AN ORION EBOOK

First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Orion Books.
First published in ebook form in 2008 by Orion Books.
This updated ebook published in 2011 by Orion Books.

Copyright © John Rebus Limited 2001
Introduction copyright © John Rebus Limited 2005

The right of Ian Rankin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the copyright, designs and patents act 1988.

All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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ISBN: 978 1 4091 0760 6

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