10 Great Rebus Novels (John Rebus) - Plot & Excerpts
The present inquiry looked like it had been going on forever. Abernethy seemed to favour the scene. He browsed among the computer screens, telephones, wall charts and photographs. Kilpatrick touched Rebus’s arm. ‘Keep an eye on him, will you? I’ll just go say hello to your Chief Super while I’m here.’ ‘Right, sir.’ Chief Inspector Lauderdale watched him leave. ‘So that’s Kilpatrick of the Crime Squad, eh? Funny, he looks almost mortal.’ It was true that Kilpatrick’s reputation – a hard one to live up to – preceded him. He’d had spectacular successes in Glasgow, and some decidedly public failures too. Huge quantities of drugs had been seized, but a few terrorist suspects had managed to slip away. ‘At least he looks human,’ Lauderdale went on, ‘which is more than can be said for our cockney friend.’ Abernethy couldn’t have heard this – he was out of earshot – but he looked up suddenly towards them and grinned. Lauderdale went to take a phone call, and the Special Branch man sauntered back towards Rebus, hands stuffed into his jacket pockets.
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