Ian Rankin

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Audio Tape - Orion Audio (2002)

Blood Hunt
Writing as Jack Harvey
In the early days of Inspector Rebus books, Ian Rankin decided to write a series of mainstream thrillers under the pseudonym Jack Harvey. Blood Hunt is the third of these.
Gordon Reeve has got a funeral to go to. His journalist brother has been found dead in a car, a presumed suicide. Not a nice reason to be flying the Atlantic.
And when he gets there it seems that nobody wants to answer his questions - why was the car in which his brother’s body was found locked from the outside? Why does the local cop act like his shadow and prevent him talking to the friend who saw Jim last? Why does he have the sinking feeling that it wasn’t a ghost he saw parked outside the crematorium?
Ex-SAS, a professional killer with an anger management problem, it’s not in Reeve’s nature to let such questions go unanswered, particularly when the murderers come knocking at his own front door.
This story contains occasional use of strong language.

James Frain is in the new movie version of The Count of Monte Cristo, released on 19 April, and previous films include Where the Heart Is with Natalie Portman, Reindeer Games, Hilary and Jackie, in which he played Daniel Barenboim, and Elizabeth (as Akaro). He was seen most recently on TV in the lead role of Lorimer Black in William Boyd's Armadillo. He played Edmund in the acclaimed Almeida King Lear.
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 25 mins Abridged by Kati Nicholl Produced by Nicholas Jones

Audio Tape Orion Audio (2001)

Resurrection Men
CD Edition
Letting fly at the Chief Superintendent with a full mug of the vending machine’s finest can’t be ignored - Detective Inspector John Rebus is sent back to the Police College for retraining, along with four of the Scottish Force’s more unorthodox detectives. But the unsolved case the malcontents have been assigned to is one some of the team are familiar with. Rebus knew the victim only too well. Is the choice of case deliberate? Are the Big House looking not to resurrect their erstwhile colleagues, but rather, to find a way of getting rid of them for good?
Back in Edinburgh, the case Rebus left behind has thrown up a surprising suspect. Trawling through the guest list of a murdered art dealer’s last private view, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke comes across the signature of Morris Gerald Cafferty, Rebus’s nemesis, recently released from the notorious Barlinnie. Siobhan’s been promoted, but is she really ready to step into John Rebus’s shoes?
Rankin has come up with an even more intricate plot than usual, weaving together bluff and double bluff in many diverse strands with compelling craft. Reader James Macpherson's skilful use of tones and accents populates Rankin's world with a large cast of memorably differentiated characters.
This story contains occasional use of strong language.

As well as many stage and screen roles, Macpherson has been DCI Jardine in Taggart for thirteen years.
6 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 40 mins

Hardback
Orion Audio (2000)

Let it Bleed
An Inspector Rebus Novel
Struggling through another Edinburgh winter, Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the Lord Provost's daughter kidnapped, or just another runaway? Why should Councillor Tom Gillespie be shredding documents that were waste paper from a fraud case years ago? And why is Rebus himself suddenly invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the stately dome of the Scottish Office's Permanent Secretary, Sir lain Hunter?
Pulled into the machine which is modern Scotland, Rebus is confronted by the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond his reach, perhaps even beyond justice.
'For all the right reasons, Rebus calls for comparison with Colin Dexter's Morse.’ Publishers' Weekly, USA
'... authentic copper-speak in a variety of authentic voices' The Sunday Times

Bill Paterson first appeared on the professional stage at the Citizens Theatre in his native Glasgow in 1967. Since then he has worked in such memorable productions as the original Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre and Death and the Maiden at the Royal Court, and The Singing Detective, AufWiedersehen Pet, Traffik, The Crow Road and the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Wives and Daughters on television. Films include The Killing Fields, Comfort and Joy and Truly, Madly, Deeply.
2 Cassettes Running Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Abridged by Kati Nicholl Produced by Nicholas Jones

Audio Tape Orion Audio (2000)

Black and Blue
Winner of the CWA Macallan Gold Dagger and a TV Drama starring John Hannah
Rebus is juggling four cases, trying to nail one killer who might just lead back to the infamous Bible John. And he's doing it under the scrutiny of an internal inquiry led by a man he has just accused of taking backhanders from Glasgow's Mr Big. Added to that, there are TV cameras at his back investigating a miscarriage of justice, making Rebus a criminal in the eyes of a million or so viewers. Just one mistake could mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or - worse still losing his job.
'Rankin controls the material with extraordinary authority.' Scotland on Sunday
'Ian Rankin is a novelist of great scope, depth and power. Black & Blue is a dark, intensely evocative and altogether riveting thriller.’ Jonathan Kellerman

As well as many stage and screen roles, Macpherson has been DCI Jardine in Taggart for thirteen years.
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hrs 15 mins