Strip Jack
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| Author | Ian Rankin |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Orion |
| Released | 1992 |
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| Pages | 304 pages |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7528-7723-2 |
| Preceded by | Tooth and Nail |
| Followed by | The Black Book |
Strip Jack is a 1992 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the fourth of the Inspector Rebus novels.
[edit] Plot summary
A police raid on an Edinburgh brothel captures (seemingly by accident) popular young local MP Gregor Jack. When his fiery wife Elizabeth disappears, and two bodies are found, suspicion falls on a famous local actor and a haulier. Detective Inspector John Rebus is sympathetic to the MP's problems, and interviews a member of the Jacks' social circle who is locked up in a special hospital after murdering his own wife many years before. It becomes increasingly evident that somebody has 'set up' Jack.
The title refers to the popular card game "Strip Jack Naked".
| Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series |
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| Knots and Crosses | Hide and Seek | Tooth and Nail | Strip Jack | The Black Book | Mortal Causes | Let it Bleed | Black and Blue | The Hanging Garden | Dead Souls | Set in Darkness | The Falls | Resurrection Men | A Question of Blood | Fleshmarket Close | The Naming of the Dead |
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