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Resurrection Men: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Novels) by Ian Rankin
Resurrection Men: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Novels)

BARBARA GERSHENBAUM, August 19, 2008

Readers can always depend upon Ian Rankin to deliver the goods in his police procedurals. RESURRECTION MEN is a good example. Inspector Rebus is sent to spend time at a 'cop's college' to learn teamwork. He doesn't expect to have to tangle with a group of rogue colleagues who are reputed to have pulled off a drug heist. Both interesting and entertaining.
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