Resurrection Men

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"Resurrection Men" is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, centered on a disgraced detective sent to a police retraining course where he uncovers deep-rooted corruption.

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instanceOf Inspector Rebus novel
crime novel
novel
author Ian Rankin NERFINISHED
awarded Edgar Award for Best Novel nomination NERFINISHED
centralTheme institutional misconduct
loyalty and betrayal
police corruption
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Morris Gerald Cafferty NERFINISHED
Siobhan Clarke NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 2002
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hasAntagonisticForce corrupt police officers
hasProtagonistOccupation police detective
hasSeriesPredecessor The Falls NERFINISHED
hasSeriesSuccessor A Question of Blood NERFINISHED
hasSettingElement police training college
hasSubgenre Tartan noir NERFINISHED
language English
mainCharacter Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED
John Rebus NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOfSeries Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED
plotSummary Inspector John Rebus is sent to a police retraining course after throwing a mug at his superior and becomes involved in an undercover operation targeting corrupt officers. NERFINISHED
publisher Orion Books NERFINISHED
seriesNumberInInspectorRebus 13
settingLocation Edinburgh NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
titleOrigin The title refers to historical body-snatchers known as resurrection men who exhumed corpses for medical research.

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Ian Rankin notableWork Resurrection Men