Inspector Rebus · Book 22
Rather Be the Devil
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-13
- 9781409159407
- Type
- novel
About this book
In the Inspector Rebus reading order, "Rather Be the Devil" sits between "Even Dogs in the Wild" and "The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories" as the 21st book, from 2016.
Its place in Inspector Rebus
Rather Be the Devil is book 22 in the Inspector Rebus series. It follows Even Dogs in the Wild. It is followed by The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories. See the full Inspector Rebus reading order.
John Rebus is a Detective Inspector with Edinburgh CID: a hard-drinking, rule-bending insomniac who solves cases as much through stubbornness and an instinct for the city's underside as through procedure. Ian Rankin builds each novel around a real strand of Edinburgh life — the tourist Old Town sitting on top of a much darker New Town of gangsters, corrupt councillors and old sectarian grudges — and lets Rebus's insubordination with his superiors (and his complicated, decades-long feud-turned-uneasy-alliance with…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409159414
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409159407