"You can't be a loner, you can't be a sort of vigilante, you can't break the rules - you've got to work well on a team." "You couldn't be a cop like Rebus and work ," Rankin tells Linda Wertheimer on Morning Edition. But, he says, there's a big difference between the homicide unit and internal affairs. Rankin sees why readers would make the comparison, as both cops work in Edinburgh, and their stories are intimately tied to the city (where, incidentally, Rankin also lives). Rebus gained a reputation for being a bit more rough-and-tumble, while Fox, Rankin says, is the kind of cop who drinks soft drinks at the bar. The book, The Complaints, feels like it has the potential to become a new series.īecause of Rebus' popularity, readers will inevitably compare Malcolm Fox, The Complaints' protagonist, with their beloved detective. His creator, Scottish author Ian Rankin, has now written a new book with a new protagonist, a cop who works in the division of internal affairs - in other words, a cops who chases cops. Detective John Rebus of the Edinburgh police force has retired after 17 novels and a slew of short stories.
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