Resurrection Men

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This article is about the novel. For the television episode, see Resurrection Men (Rebus). For people who engage in the practice of body snatching, see body snatching.

Resurrection Men
1st edition
Author	Ian Rankin
Country	Scotland
Language	English
Genre	Detective fiction
Publisher	Orion Books
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	440 pp
ISBN	0-7528-2131-8
OCLC	50215352
Preceded by	The Falls
Followed by	A Question of Blood

Resurrection Men is a 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the thirteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels.

Plot summary

Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'.

He is put with a team of officers in similar circumstances and together they are given an unsolved case to work on. This turns out to be one in which many of the team are already involved, and they all have their own secrets that they wish to keep hidden. Rebus is asked to act as a go-between for Edinburgh gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty, and newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke, while working the case of the murdered art dealer, is brought closer to Cafferty than she ever expected.

As always the cases are all linked and Rebus must use his trusted friends to uncover the truth before the truth uncovers him.

The title is a reference to the body-snatchers of the 19th century, who were known as 'resurrectionists' or 'resurrection men'.

v t e Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series

Novels	Knots and Crosses Hide and Seek Tooth and Nail Strip Jack The Black Book Mortal Causes Let it Bleed Black & Blue The Hanging Garden Dead Souls Set in Darkness The Falls Resurrection Men A Question of Blood Fleshmarket Close The Naming of the Dead Exit Music Standing in Another Man's Grave

Characters	Detective Inspector John Rebus List of characters from the Inspector Rebus series

v t e Works by Ian Rankin

Novels	The Flood (1986) Knots and Crosses (1987) Watchman (1988) Westwind (1990) Hide and Seek (1991) Tooth and Nail (1992) Strip Jack (1992) The Black Book (1993) Witch Hunt (1993) Mortal Causes (1994) Bleeding Hearts (1994) Let It Bleed (1995) Blood Hunt (1995) Black & Blue (1997) The Hanging Garden (1998) Dead Souls (1999) Set in Darkness (2000) The Falls (2001) Resurrection Men (2002) A Question of Blood (2003) Fleshmarket Close (2004) The Naming of the Dead (2006) Exit Music (2007) Doors Open (2008) A Cool Head (2009, Quick Reads) The Complaints (2009) The Impossible Dead (2011) Standing in Another Man's Grave (2012)

Short story collections	A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992) Beggars Banquet (2002)

Non-fiction	Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey (2005) Jackie Leven Said (2005, With Jackie Leven)

Graphic novels	Dark Entries (2009)

Plays	Dark Road

Short stories	An Afternoon (1984) Voyeurism (1985) Colony (1986) Trip Trap (1992) Marked For Death (1992) Well Shot (1993) Someone Got to Eddie (1994) A Deep Hole (1994) Adventures in Babysitting (1995) Natural Selection (1996) Auld Lang Syne (1997) Principles of Accounts (1997) Death is Not the End (1998) The Hanged Man (2000) Saint Nicked (2003) Soft Spot (2005) Not Just Another Saturday (2005) Sinner: Justified (2006)

Related articles	Inspector Rebus Quick Reads Jackie Leven University of Edinburgh Gold Dagger

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