The Naming of the Dead Quotes

“POETS day,” he reminded Siobhan. “Piss Off Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday,” she recited.”
― Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead

“She was trying to relax, to get in the mood, but work kept intruding. Rebus, she knew, would still be hard at it. He wouldn't rest till his demons had been quelled. Yet each victory was fleeting, and each fight drained him a little more.”
― Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead

“Cafferty probably had millions stashed away, but a whole fleet of luxury cars was no substitute for status and respect”
― Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead

“And after he, too, was gone, Edinburgh would remain. These same scenes would be enacted, a play whose run was never-ending. Killers would be caught and punished; others would remain at large.”
― Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead

“Rebus awoke to daylight and realised he hadn’t closed the curtains the previous night.”
― Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead

“view, returning from the corner shop. He hadn’t shaved or combed his hair. His shirt wasn’t tucked in. He carried”
― Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead

“Scotsman’s way of dealing with death. He’d found”
― Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead