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    In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
    In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
    In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
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    In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace

    By Ian Rankin and Peter James

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    In this short story from the thrilling anthology FaceOff, bestselling authors Ian Rankin and Peter James—along with their most famous characters, John Rebus and Roy Grace—team up for the first time ever.

    Detectives John Rebus and Roy Grace could not be more different. Different generations, different backgrounds, and not to mention, they work 500 miles apart.

    The case that eventually brings them together centers on a crime that happened when Rebus was just a teenager in the 1960s—but it took place in Roy Grace’s stomping grounds in Brighton, England, at a time when violence erupted between rival gangs known as Mods and Rockers.

    Now, a deathbed confession in in Edinburgh brings Rebus and Grace together to investigate a cold case with a shocking twist.

    For more exciting pairs, check out all eleven stories in FaceOff!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateSep 30, 2014
    ISBN9781476788708
    In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
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    Ian Rankin

    Ian Rankin is the worldwide #1 bestselling writer of the Inspector Rebus books, including Knots and Crosses, Hide and Seek, Let It Bleed, Black and Blue, Set in Darkness, Resurrection Men, A Question of Blood, The Falls and Exit Music. He is also the author of The Complaints and Doors Open.  He has won an Edgar Award, a Gold Dagger for fiction, a Diamond Dagger for career excellence, and the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to literature. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.

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      Like all stories with John Rebus, too short… wanting them to continue. Not a criticism, but a compliment.

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    In the Nick of Time - Ian Rankin

    In the Nick of Time

    Ian Rankin and Peter James

    From the anthology FaceOff

    Simon & Schuster

    New York   London   Toronto   Sydney   New Delhi

    IAN RANKIN

    VS. PETER JAMES

    Combing characters from different fictional universes into the same story is something writers often contemplate, usually after one drink too many late in the evening at a conference or convention. The technical difficulties of that endeavor quickly intrude, and the good idea of the night before ends up in a drawer, never to see the light of day. So Peter James and Ian Rankin knew the challenges that lay in arranging a meeting between their two respective heroes.

    For one thing Roy Grace and John Rebus are of different generations and backgrounds. They have vastly different ideas about law enforcement. For another, they operate five hundred miles apart—Grace in Brighton, a resort city on the south coast of England—Rebus in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Both countries, while constituents of the United Kingdom, have different legal systems, different rules and regulations.

    Night and day to each other actually.

    So how, realistically, could these two men meet and do business together?

    Fans of John Rebus know he’s a big music fan, growing up in the early 1960s with The Who as his heroes. One of The Who’s best-known albums, Quadrophenia, is set partially in Brighton, at a time when rival gangs (the Mods and the Rockers) would battle on its waterfront. For many people in

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