There is no detective like Ian Rankin's Detective Inspector John Rebus - brilliant, irascible and endlessly frustrating both to his friends and his long-suffering bosses. For over two decades he has walked through the dark places of Edinburgh, and now Rebus's life is revealed through this complete collection of stories, from his early days as a young DC right up to the dramatic, but not quite final, retiremen. 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 complete Rebus short stories" -- Cover.

Dead and buried -- Playback -- The Dean Curse -- Being Frank -- Concrete evidence -- Seeing things -- A good hanging -- Tit for tat -- Not provan - Sunday -- Auld Lang Syne -- The Gentlemen's Club -- Monstrous trumpet -- My shopping day -- Talk show -- Trip trap -- Castle Dangerous -- In the frame -- Facing the music -- Window of opportunity -- Death is not the end -- No sanity clause -- Tell me who to kill -- Saint Nicked -- Atonement -- Not just another Saturday -- Penalty Claus -- The passenger -- A three-pint problem -- The very last drop -- Cinders.