DI John Rebus in Rebus

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fictional character fictional detective literary character

DI John Rebus in Rebus is the hard-drinking, maverick Edinburgh detective at the center of Ian Rankin’s crime series, known for his dogged investigations and complex moral outlook.

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Label Occurrences
Inspector John Rebus 2
DI John Rebus in Rebus canonical 1
Inspector Rebus series 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
fictional detective ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn A Heart Full of Headstones NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Question of Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Black and Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dead Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ
Even Dogs in the Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ
Exit Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fleshmarket Close NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hide and Seek NERFINISHED ⓘ
In a House of Lies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knots and Crosses NERFINISHED ⓘ
Let It Bleed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mortal Causes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rather Be the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Resurrection Men NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saints of the Shadow Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
Set in Darkness NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standing in Another Man’s Grave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strip Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Black Book NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Hanging Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Naming of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tooth and Nail NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait dogged ⓘ
maverick ⓘ
morally complex ⓘ
stubborn ⓘ
closeColleague DS Siobhan Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
creator Ian Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Lothian and Borders Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance Knots and Crosses NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
givenName John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAdaptation Rebus (television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor conflicts with superiors ⓘ
hard drinking ⓘ
unorthodox investigative methods ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
occupation Detective Inspector in Lothian and Borders Police ⓘ
police detective ⓘ
placeOfResidence Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy John Hannah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ken Stott NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ
seriesTitle Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Detective Inspector ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Hannah → playedRole → DI John Rebus in Rebus ⓘ
Ian Rankin → notableWork → DI John Rebus in Rebus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector Rebus series
Ian Rankin → notableCharacterCreated → DI John Rebus in Rebus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector John Rebus
Ken Stott → portrayed → DI John Rebus in Rebus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector John Rebus