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Violence
A lot
Murders and their investigations; some violence in the parallel storylines
Language
Some
Strong language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Some
Heavy drinking; Tulliallan is no obstacle
Emotional Intensity
Some
What police corruption actually looks like from the inside; Clarke's emergence as a character who operates by her own code, not Rebus's
What this book is about
Rebus has been sent to Tulliallan Police College — a remedial course for officers with conduct issues — as punishment for insubordination. But the chief constable asks him to use the stay as an undercover operation: some of the officers attending the course are suspected of being dirty. Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, DS Siobhan Clarke investigates a murder connected to the art world. Two investigations run in parallel, converging at an ending that is satisfying in the way only Rankin's best novels are. The thirteenth Rebus novel introduces Clarke as a co-protagonist in her own right for the first time.
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thirteenth of the Rebus series; Clarke becomes important from here
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