Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Strip Jack, Part 1, The wonder of it was that the neighbours hadn’t complained …5:06
- 2Strip Jack, Part 2, ‘Okay, in we go.’5:08
- 3Strip Jack, Part 3, ‘Jesus Christ,’ said Rebus.4:13
- 4Strip Jack, Part 4, So it was out into the cool dark night …6:43
- 5Strip Jack, Part 5, It was a straightforward case of theft.4:12
- 6Strip Jack, Part 6, Buccleuch Street was an odd mixture …4:32
- 7Strip Jack, Part 7, Dr Patience Aitken has pets.5:35
- 8Strip Jack, Part 8, Upstairs, he felt particularly clumsy.4:05
- 9Strip Jack, Part 9, It was a good dinner.4:35
- 10Strip Jack, Part 10, Rebus prised himself out of bed and stood up.4:52
- 11Strip Jack, Part 11, Gregor Jack and his wife lived in a large, old walled residence …5:56
- 12Strip Jack, Part 12, Jack sighed, and began scratching at his finger again.5:19
- 13Strip Jack, Part 13, He lay down in the foaming bath and closed his eyes …4:13
- 14Strip Jack, Part 14, By the time Rebus returned from the bar …6:23
- 15Strip Jack, Part 15, Kemp was in a talkative mood tonight.4:55
- CD 2
- 1Strip Jack, Part 16, Chief Superintendent Watson was as blunt as a tramp’s razor blade.5:00
- 2Strip Jack, Part 17, Rab Kinnoul had made his name …5:10
- 3Strip Jack, Part 18, Three things struck Rebus.5:57
- 4Strip Jack, Part 19, The call from Dufftown came just as he got into the office …4:28
- 5Strip Jack, Part 20, There were no pressmen patrolling the gates …4:04
- 6Strip Jack, Part 21, Politics, it was all about politics in the end.4:42
- 7Strip Jack, Part 22, The back of the house was well lit.5:50
- 8Strip Jack, Part 23, Holmes started the car without comment.4:01
- 9Strip Jack, Part 24, ‘They’ve let him go,’ Holmes informed Rebus.5:36
- 10Strip Jack, Part 25, So the day filled itself …6:53
- 11Strip Jack, Part 26, He had finished the sandwich …3:21
- 12Strip Jack, Part 27, Rebus was more than halfway there …4:29
- 13Strip Jack, Part 28, Dr Curt, dressed in a long flapping raincoat …5:21
- 14Strip Jack, Part 29, At the mortuary …6:49
- 15Strip Jack, Part 30, And after the formal identification …4:59
- CD 3
- 1Strip Jack, Part 31, The problem with drowning …3:31
- 2Strip Jack, Part 32, In Blairgowrie Rebus stopped for fish and chips.4:30
- 3Strip Jack, Part 33, The doors off the hallway were wide open …6:37
- 4Strip Jack, Part 34, Rebus’s original plan had been to sleep in the car …4:43
- 5Strip Jack, Part 35, ‘Another round here when you’re ready,’ …5:58
- 6Strip Jack, Part 36, Finally, a hotel was found, not far out of Dufftown.5:06
- 7Strip Jack, Part 37, He drove to Cragstone Farm …4:33
- 8Strip Jack, Part 38, Rebus telephoned Edinburgh to make his report …4:51
- 9Strip Jack, Part 39, Thursday morning: a week since the body had been found.4:46
- 10Strip Jack, Part 40, Rebus decided not to say anything about Cath Kinnoul …3:41
- 11Strip Jack, Part 41, ‘Good morning,’ Macmillan said quietly …6:35
- 12Strip Jack, Part 42, Rebus left the hospital on shakier legs than he’d entered.5:31
- 13Strip Jack, Part 43, There was a message waiting for Rebus on the Friday morning.4:02
- 14Strip Jack, Part 44, Gregor Jack looked like he’d been to hell and back on an LRT bus.4:55
- 15Strip Jack, Part 45, It was soon told.6:17
- 16Strip Jack, Part 46, No, because William Glass killed her.3:45
- CD 4
- 1Strip Jack, Part 47, ‘I need just a little bit more, John.’4:20
- 2Strip Jack, Part 48, If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t see.5:29
- 3Strip Jack, Part 49, On Monday, first findings started filtering down from Dufftown.4:55
- 4Strip Jack, Part 50, He returned to the arm of the sofa.4:37
- 5Strip Jack, Part 51, After two minutes he crouched down and opened the letter box …4:16
- 6Strip Jack, Part 52, Kemp came into the living room wearing a blue towelling robe.5:57
- 7Strip Jack, Part 53, The bar wasn’t exactly busy.5:20
- 8Strip Jack, Part 54, Bill the barman poured the drinks.6:55
- 9Strip Jack, Part 55, Ronald Steele was a hard man to catch.4:14
- 10Strip Jack, Part 56, Pond had been in the United States for a month …3:52
- 11Strip Jack, Part 57, They reached Kingussie well before dawn …5:10
- 12Strip Jack, Part 58, Pond slept in the master bedroom …5:36
- 13Strip Jack, Part 59, Rebus went into the room but left the door wide open.4:25
- 14Strip Jack, Part 60, Rebus nodded, getting ready to leave.6:44
- 15Strip Jack, Part 61, ‘You’ve what?’4:52
- CD 5
- 1Strip Jack, Part 62, The door opened.4:32
- 2Strip Jack, Part 63, Then someone pushed him sideways.6:52
- 3Strip Jack, Part 64, Holmes was motioning for Rebus to come into the hall.4:35
- 4Strip Jack, Part 65, But Rebus was thinking …3:59
- 5Strip Jack, Part 66, He was up early next morning.6:49
- 6Strip Jack, Part 67, ‘Good morning, inspector.’4:07
- 7Strip Jack, Part 68, The way Rebus saw it …3:47
- 8Strip Jack, Part 69, ‘and that’s how you see it, is it?’6:25
- 9Strip Jack, Part 70, No rooster now.4:31
- 10Strip Jack, Part 71, Holmes was a relieved man.3:53
- 11Strip Jack, Part 72, The press conference …7:40
- 12Strip Jack, Part 73, The nurses had taken Macmillan back to his ward …4:08
- 13Strip Jack, Part 74, There was a sudden eruption of noise, drums and guitar chords.5:05
- 14Strip Jack, Part 75, More haste, less speed.5:39
- 15Strip Jack, Part 76, Making their way back to Deer Lodge …6:30
More by Ian Rankin, James Macpherson
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Issues
- S5x CD (abridged)2002