Book Review

Exit Music (2008)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Writer: Ian Rankin; Genres: Fiction, Mystery; Publisher: Little Brown & Company

 REBUS\' EXIT After 17 books, the detective is hanging up his badge
REBUS' EXIT After 17 books, the detective is hanging up his badge

Just days before he turns 60 — which, in Edinburgh, means mandatory retirement from the department — Detective Inspector John Rebus gets one last case, the murder of a dissident Russian poet, in Ian Rankin's Exit Music. But neither age nor impending leisure has mellowed Rebus, who's as prickly as ever as he chases down clues with various bankers, politicians, mobsters, and academics. After 17 books, I've grown awfully fond of the old grouch; like the rest of his fans, I'm going to miss him terribly. A

Originally posted Sep 17, 2008 Published in issue #1013 Sep 26, 2008 Order article reprints

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