{"id":19589,"date":"2022-01-20T19:38:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19589"},"modified":"2024-01-30T19:52:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:52:29","slug":"the-beat-goes-on-the-complete-rebus-stories-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19589","title":{"rendered":"The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories<\/a><\/em> (2015) Ian Rankin<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>\u2018Dead and Buried\u2019 \u00a9 2013
\n\u2018Playback,\u2019 \u2018The Dean Curse,\u2019 \u2018Being Frank,\u2019 \u2018Concrete Evidence,\u2019 \u2018Seeing Things,\u2019 \u2018A Good Hanging,\u2019 \u2018Tit for Tat,\u2019 \u2018Not Provan,\u2019 \u2018Sunday,\u2019 \u2018Auld Lang Syne,\u2019 \u2018The Gentleman\u2019s Club,\u2019 \u2018Monstrous Trumpet\u2019 from A Good Hanging (And Other Short Stories, Featuring Inspector Rebus) \u00a9 2002 by. Reprinted by permission of Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin\u2019s Press. All rights reserved.
\n\u2018My Shopping Day\u2019 \u00a9 1997 (first published in Herbert in Motion and Other Stories in Great Britain in 1997 by Revolver)
\n\u2018Facing the Music\u2019 \u00a9 2002 (first published in Beggar\u2019s Banquet, 1992)
\n\u2018Trip Trap\u2019 \u00a9 1992 (first published in 1st Culprit by Chatto & Windus, 1992)
\n\u2018Talk Show\u2019 \u00a9 1991 (first published in Winter\u2019s Crimes 23 by Macmillan, 1991)
\n\u2018Castle Dangerous\u2019 \u00a9 1993 (first published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, October 1993)
\n\u2018In the Frame\u2019 \u00a9 1992 (first published in Winter\u2019s Crimes 24 by Macmillan, 1992)
\n\u2018Window of Opportunity\u2019 \u00a9 1995 (first published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 1995)
\n\u2018No Sanity Clause\u2019 \u00a9 2000 (first published in the Daily Telegraph, December 2000)
\n\u2018Death Is Not the End\u2019 \u00a9 1998
\n\u2018Tell Me Who to Kill\u2019 \u00a9 2003 (first published in Mysterious Pleasures, Little, Brown & Company)
\n\u2018Saint Nicked\u2019 \u00a9 2002 (first published in the Radio Times, 2002)
\n\u2018Atonement\u2019 \u00a9 2005
\n\u2018Not Just Another Saturday\u2019 \u00a9 2005
\n\u2018Penalty Claus\u2019 \u00a9 2010 (first published in the Mail on Sunday, 2010)
\n\u2018The Passenger\u2019 \u00a9 2014
\n\u2018A Three-Pint Problem\u2019 \u00a9 2014
\n\u2018The Very Last Drop\u2019 \u00a9 2010 (written to help the work of Royal Blind)
\n\u2018Cinders\u2019 \u00a9 2014 (first published in the Mail on Sunday)<\/p>\n

I love short stories.<\/p>\n

I keep meaning to reread the Rebus series, but the first two books are a little darker than I want to reread, but for some stupid reason I can’t just pick up book three and start my reread there.<\/p>\n

One of the things I love about Rebus is that he is complicated.<\/p>\n

He’s also an asshole–just so you know.<\/p>\n

These stories are presented in chronological order starting at the beginning of his career and closing just after his retirement.<\/p>\n

All of them are glimpses into who Rebus was and who he became.<\/p>\n

(B)eing a cop isn\u2019t just about getting to the truth\u2013 it\u2019s knowing what to do with it when you arrive. Making judgement calls, some of them at a moment\u2019s notice.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Dead and Buried”<\/p>\n

Rebus nodded and turned to MacManus, whose face had a sickly grey tinge to it. <\/p>\n

\u2018Your first time?\u2019 Rebus asked. The constable nodded slowly. \u2018Never mind,\u2019 Rebus continued. \u2018You never get used to it anyway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Playback”<\/p>\n

Rebus hated the Army\u2013 with good reason. He had seen the soldier\u2019s lot from the inside and it had left him with a resentment so huge that to call it a \u2018chip on the shoulder\u2019 was to do it an injustice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Dean Curse”<\/p>\n

Most often, a person\u2013 a person in authority\u2013 would read that name from the piece of paper they were holding and then look up at Frank, not quite in disbelief, but certainly wondering how he\u2019d come so low. <\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t tell them that he was climbing higher all the time. That he preferred to live out of doors. That his face was weather-beaten, not dirty. That a plastic bag was a convenient place to keep his possessions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Being Frank”<\/p>\n

A faith should be just that, Rebus reasoned. And if you held belief, what need had you of miracles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Seeing Things”<\/p>\n

That was from Exodus. A dangerous book, the Bible. It could be made to say anything, its meaning in the mind of the beholder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Auld Lang Syne”<\/p>\n

The elderly woman stood up. \u2018Sir, are you from Scotland Yard?\u2019 <\/p>\n

Rebus shook his head. \u2018Scotland Yard\u2019s in London.\u2019 <\/p>\n

She was still standing. \u2018Now why is that?\u2019 she asked. Rebus had no answer to this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Castle Dangerous”<\/p>\n

Rebus realised that Brian Mee had married Janis Playfair, the only girl in his long and trouble-strewn life who\u2019d ever managed to knock him unconscious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Death Is Not the End”<\/p>\n

\u2018Doesn\u2019t take that long to throttle someone.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Well,\u2019 Clarke replied, as though she\u2019d given it some thought, \u2018first you\u2019ve got to get good and angry.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Passenger”<\/p>\n

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories (2015) Ian Rankin \u2018Dead and Buried\u2019 \u00a9 2013 \u2018Playback,\u2019 \u2018The Dean Curse,\u2019 \u2018Being Frank,\u2019 \u2018Concrete Evidence,\u2019 \u2018Seeing Things,\u2019 \u2018A Good Hanging,\u2019 \u2018Tit for Tat,\u2019 \u2018Not Provan,\u2019 \u2018Sunday,\u2019 \u2018Auld Lang Syne,\u2019 \u2018The Gentleman\u2019s Club,\u2019 \u2018Monstrous Trumpet\u2019 from A Good Hanging (And Other Short Stories, Featuring Inspector Rebus) \u00a9 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,18,30,292,8,42,35],"tags":[649,121,122,744],"class_list":["post-19589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-10","category-anthology","category-british","category-ebook","category-mystery","category-police","category-short-story","tag-alcoholism","tag-ian-rankin","tag-inspector-rebus","tag-scottish"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-55X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10877,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10877","url_meta":{"origin":19589,"position":0},"title":"The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories","author":"Michelle","date":"May 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories (2015) Ian Rankin This is a collection of all the Inspector Rebus short stories. \u2018Dead and Buried\u2019 (2013) \u2018Playback,\u2019 \u2018The Dean Curse,\u2019 \u2018Being Frank,\u2019 \u2018Concrete Evidence,\u2019 \u2018Seeing Things,\u2019 \u2018A Good Hanging,\u2019 \u2018Tit for Tat,\u2019 \u2018Not Provan,\u2019 \u2018Sunday,\u2019 \u2018Auld Lang Syne,\u2019 \u2018The Gentleman\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/The-Beat-Goes-On-e1511011481334.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1734,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1734","url_meta":{"origin":19589,"position":1},"title":"A Good Hanging","author":"Michelle","date":"June 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A Good Hanging (1992) Ian Rankin A Good Hanging is a collection of Inspector Rebus short stories. 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