hɪz ɹˈoʊl ɪn sˈɛt ɪn dˈɑːɹknəs lˈɛd wˈʌn ɹᵻvjˈuːɚɹ æt ðə tˈaɪm tə spˈɛkjʊlˌeɪt “ðæt ɪn ɐ fjˈuː pɹˈɛfɹəbli ɐ ɡˈʊd fjˈuː nˈɑːvəlz tˈaɪm, ɐ kənvˈʌlsɪv fˈaɪnəl sˈiːkɹᵻt wɪl sˈiː ɹᵻbjˈuːz ænd kˈæfɚɾi lˈɑːkt təɡˈɛðɚ, dˌɪsɐpˈɪɹɪŋ ˌoʊvɚ sˌʌm kˌælɪdˈoʊniən ɪkwˈɪvələnt ʌvðə ɹˈaɪxənbˌɑːx fˈɔːlz.”
His role in Set in Darkness led one reviewer at the time to speculate “that in a few - preferably a good few - novels' time, a convulsive final secret will see [Rebus] and Cafferty locked together, disappearing over some Caledonian equivalent of the Reichenbach Falls.”