Standing in Another Man's Grave

Standing in Another Man's Grave (2013) by Ian Rankin. Another in Rankin's John Rebus series, in which the retired detective involves himself in a string of serial murders. I found the book entertaining to read, although it takes place in Scotland and I think I missed a lot of references and wordplay that a Brit would have caught. The book has an elegiac air that makes it heavy with implications -- most notably of Rebus's approaching death (no, it doesn't happen in this book, but he is obviously getting older). The Detective Inspector Rebus series contains almost 20 books, and I regret that I came to it so late. I'm sure that there are some gems among the books in the series, but this is not quite one of them. Grade: B