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Based on the best-selling books by Ian Rankin, REBUS reimagines the iconic character JOHN REBUS as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line.
SERIES SYNOPSIS
Haunted by an incident one year ago, where he almost killed Edinburgh gangster, Ger Cafferty, Detective Sergeant John Rebus finds himself at a psychological crossroads. At odds with a job increasingly driven by corporate technocrats, involved in a toxic affair he knows he needs to end, and all but supplanted in his daughter’s life by his ex-wife’s wealthy new husband, Rebus begins to wonder if he still has a role to play – either as a family man or a police officer. In a world of divisive politics and national discord, does the law still have meaning, or is everyone reverting to an older set of rules? And if so, why shouldn’t Rebus do so too?
A brazen daylight attack on one of Cafferty’s old enforcers draws Rebus and rising star colleague, Siobhan Clarke, into a conflict brewing between Cafferty and his upstart rival Darryl Christie. The situation escalates when Rebus’s opportunist, ex-soldier brother Michael crosses a line, robbing two of Darryl’s drug dealers so Michael can provide for his own family. The theft has major repercussions, as Michael’s victims are forced to make amends by committing murder.
Determined to right this wrong, Michael confronts Darryl, who instead of seeking retribution, partners with Michael – encouraging him and several members of Michael’s former army regiment to use their military skills to steal a shipment of drugs from Cafferty.
As Rebus edges closer to solving his police investigation by homing in on Darryl’s right-hand man, Shaun Strang, Cafferty retaliates by sending vengeful hitmen after Michael and his team. With the violence spiralling out of control and his nemesis Cafferty always one step ahead, Rebus finds himself torn between protecting his brother and enforcing the law to bring Michael to justice.
6 x 45
Country: Scotland
Language: English
2023