Rather Be the Devil

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Rather Be the Devil is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, featuring the retired detective drawn into a cold-case murder investigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
crime novel
novel
author Ian Rankin NERFINISHED
authorNationality Scottish
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Malcolm Fox NERFINISHED
Siobhan Clarke NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterStatus retired detective
featuresGenreElement police procedural
followedBy In a House of Lies NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hasProtagonistOccupation police detective (retired)
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTheme aging
cold cases
corruption
justice
memory
hasTitleCharacter Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod 21st-century Scottish literature
literarySeriesCharacter Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED
mainCharacter John Rebus NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
partOfSeries Inspector Rebus series NERFINISHED
plotElement cold-case murder investigation
precededBy Even Dogs in the Wild NERFINISHED
publicationDecade 2010s
publisher Orion Books NERFINISHED
seriesNumberInInspectorRebus 21
setInCountry Scotland NERFINISHED
settingLocation Edinburgh NERFINISHED
workOfAuthor Ian Rankin NERFINISHED

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Ian Rankin notableWork Rather Be the Devil