Personal Life of DI John Rebus
John Rebus is an old-fashioned man who bottles things up and lets them affect his personal life. Apart from his daughter Sammy (Samantha Rebus) he has four women in his life: Rhona his separated wife; Patience Aitken, his ex-girlfriend; Gill Templer, his immediate boss and sometime girlfriend; DS Siobhan Clarke, his colleague and later girlfriend.
While John Rebus is old fashioned in his choices and opinions, he is not a bigot. This comes to the fore clearly in Fleshmarket Close. In this novel, Rebus also reveals that his grandfather came from Poland.
Rebus is a fan of 1960s popular music. His often connects situations with an apt song from the 1960s.
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