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1. "Exit Music" was set in November 2006 with Detective Inspector John Rebus just 10 days from retirement. What kind of car did Rebus use to drive to the scene of a murder - the car that he used throughout all of cases?
2. At the scene of a murder in "Exit Music", D/I John Rebus began to estimate how many murders he had investigated in his 30-year career. How many was it?
3. With a man lying dead on an Edinburgh street, Detective Inspector John Rebus was grateful for the early information from uniformed officers. One in particular impressed him. What was the PC's name?
4. A man had been bludgeoned to death in Edinburgh. Detective Inspector John Rebus and Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke discovered he was involved in the world of literature. What was he?
5. In "Exit Music", which was set in 2006, D/I John Rebus visited what was at the time a new icon in Edinburgh's architectural heritage. Which of these was it?
6. In "Exit Music", an old adversary of D/I John Rebus turned up. Morris Gerald Cafferty -Big Ger - was an Edinburgh criminal mastermind. He had been drinking at an hotel with an evocative Scottish name on the same night as the murder victim. What was the hotel called?
7. The presence of a group of foreign businessmen in Edinburgh complicated things in the murder inquiry in "Exit Music", at least in the mind of D/I John Rebus. Where were they from?
8. A second death came across John Rebus's radar in "Exit Music". How had Charlie Riordan died?
9. The second man to die in "Exit Music" was a sound engineer. Shortly before his murder he had been working on a special project. What was it?
10. Three days before retirement, D/I John Rebus was suspended after a complaint was made to his chief constable. Who made the complaint?
11. Although he had been suspended, D/I John Rebus kept on working the murder cases in "Exit Music". Interviewing a witness, he found out the name of a drug dealer, a man with an interesting family relationship. Who was the dealer's brother?
12. After two deaths and a stabbing in "Exit Music", D/I John Rebus was wakened from a whisky-fuelled sleep to be told that there had been another incident, a man was in hospital with a fractured skull. Who was the victim?
13. A man was left with a fractured skull as "Exit Music" reached its climax. D/I John Rebus was a suspect, but he eventually worked out who was to blame. Which of these was it?
14. In "Exit Music", Detective Inspector John Rebus had many suspects in mind, and many theories, for the murder of a man found bludgeoned to death. In the end his initial thoughts proved just to be flights of fancy and the answer was more mundane. Who had killed the man?
15. Throughout the Rebus series of novels, Morris 'Big Ger' Cafferty was the criminal that John Rebus itched to bring down. He had some successes, but usually temporary ones. However, by the end of "Exit Music", the last in the series, Rebus had managed to have Cafferty jailed for a very long time.
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