He knew she was headed for a Guy Fawkes party, but didn't intend staying long. He knew that the brown of her hair was its natural colour. He knew that she wore a bracelet of braided leather, three silver rings, a cheap watch with black plastic strap and indigo face. He knew that if she wanted to concentrate, she might tuck the corner of one jacket-lapel into her mouth. He knew that her nose would twitch when she thought of something funny. Rebus could only imagine her now: making sure the pizza box was secure beneath her left arm walking with eyes fixed firmly ahead of her rubbing a thumb behind her right ear, which she'd recently had pierced for the third time. Isn't she incredible? But the youth kept shuffling along the pavement, oblivious to her world.Īnd then she'd turned a corner and was gone. Turn round and look at her, Rebus commanded. He was staring at the pavement, the thin black cord from a pair of earphones dribbling down his neck. But on the opposite pavement she half-turned, saw him watching her, waved her hand in acknowledgment. One final wave, and she turned away from him, head moving as she checked the evening traffic, crossing the road without looking back. Maybe the three of us…?’īy which she meant Ned Farlowe, her boyfriend. She'd even tried to pay for the pizza, arguing that she'd eaten half while he'd chewed on a single slice.
She was twenty-four and independent didn't need the gesture and certainly wouldn't take the money. He thought of offering her some money wasn't that what fathers did? – but she'd only laugh. Rebus put his hands in his pockets, felt folded banknotes beneath his handkerchief. 'Dead people don't wake up, 'she said, hugging Pa Broon. There's nothing the witches and evil queens can do about that.’ 'Daddy,' she said, 'what if I fall asleep and don't wake up? Like Snow White or Sleeping Beauty?’ He tucked her in, started to read her a story. 'Come on, pet, I'll take you back to bed.’ But the girl ran to her,father, wrapped herself around his legs. The mother crouched down, opening her arms. She was peering round the doorway, thumb in her mouth. She was holding her teddy bear, Pa Broon, by one well-chewed ear. `You know bloody well!' 'I'm working my arse off for the three of us!' 'Don't give me that crap.’Īnd then they saw her. `Look, if your bloody job's so precious…’ `I went to Scotland and found nothing there that looks like Scotland ' `If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.’ The ninth book in the Inspector Rebus series, 1998 Before he can act the waters are muddied further when the war criminal is found hanging in Warriston Cemetery. But the Crime Squad are forced to bring him back to the present day when a young upstart gangster, Tommy Telford, muscles in on Big Ger Cafferty's turf and Rebus's local knowledge becomes essential to the efforts to shut down Telford's business as a drug dealer, pimp and extortionist. His immediate superiors are more than happy to have him tucked away in a quiet backwater for several months looking into ancient history. Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a possible war criminal resident in Edinburgh. Not long after during the Edo period they also came into use in Japan.Genre: thriller The Hanging Garden Ian RankinĪ tense and complicated thriller featuring inspector John Rebus from the acclaimed author of BLACK AND BLUE. The use of rebuses as puzzles for a fun activity became popular in France during the 16 th century before spreading further around Europe. Going further back, Ancient Egyptian writing or hieroglyphs were also read in a rebus style fashion. This helped illiterate people know to who things belonged.
They were also used on other personal objects and buildings to show ownership. People often used pictures of objects that sounded similar to their family names. During medieval times they were used on coats of arms by noblemen and knights to show family names. Rebuses have been around for a long time. A basic example is the combination of the pictures of an eye, a heart, a sun, and a flower to mean – I love sunflowers. The word rebus come from the Latin expression – “Non verbis, sed rebus”. More simply, the pictures or symbols of a rebus represent and express sounds and words. What’s a rebus puzzle? Well, a rebus is a representation of words, phrases, sounds or syllables by images of objects, letters, numbers or symbols.
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