Detective Inspector John Rebus was a man who saw things in black and white, but could he learn to accept that 'a greater public good' could outweigh a crime - even murder? 'Let It Bleed' was the seventh Rebus case.
The end was near for John Rebus, Edinburgh's best-known detective. Ten days from retirement and another murder came across his desk. Everyone else thought it was a simple mugging gone wrong, but not Rebus...
With a chorus that started "Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die" you just knew there wasn't going to be a happy ending to Bob Gibson's tale of high speed schussing.
"I am sailing, I am sailing
Home again, 'cross the sea..."
These are the opening words of a song indelibly linked with Rod Stewart. See how much you know about it.
Sport does not always have to be about conflict and enmity, sometimes it can be pure and friendly. These questions are about sporting gestures in the truest form of the words.
Murder and suicide featured in this John Rebus novel. With his authorities intent on keeping the Edinburgh-based detective well away from the main events of the 2005 G8 conference, Rebus made a chilling discovery; a killer was on the loose.
While lying staring at a ceiling with the red stuff pumping out of my arm and into a plastic bag, I thought it was time this site had another quiz on blood donation.
What was the connection between an internet role-playing game and the disappearance of a young student? That was what D/I John Rebus and his CID colleagues were trying to establish in 'The Falls".
Detective Inspector John Rebus had a complex mind. He saw details where others saw only shadows. In "Resurrection Men" he had to deal with murder, drugs and corruption - and hope to come out of the other end in one piece.
"Where have all the flowers gone?, long time passing..." The opening words of Pete Seeger's inspirational song.
Here are ten questions in the latest in my 'Story Of A Song' series.
Major source: 'How Can I Keep From Singing?', by David King Dunaway.
If you want to live like a millionaire, you need more than a million in the bank, or so economists tell us. It was not always so. Time was, a million in cold cash meant something special.
The singer/songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker reckons that Austin, Texas is "the centre of the known universe". Match the miles on the right to the distance between Austin TX and the places on the left, all as the proverbial crow flies.
With a dozen top ten hits and over 300 songs to his writing credits, Bruce Springsteen has attracted attention for more than 40 years. Identify these ten artists who were named-checked in a 'Far Out' magazine list of "best covers".