An alternative version of Gordon Reeve, Rebus' partner in SAS training, was the protagonist of Blood Hunt, the last book Rankin wrote under his "Jack Harvey" alias: he stated on his website that this was to give it a "sense of 'closure'".
ɐn ɔːltˈɜːnətˌɪv vˈɜːʒən ʌv ɡˈoːɹdən ɹˈiːv, ɹᵻbjˈuːz pˈɑːɹtnɚɹ ɪn ˌɛsˌeɪˈɛs tɹˈeɪnɪŋ, wʌzðə pɹˈoʊɾɐɡənˌɪst ʌv blˈʌd hˈʌnt, ðə lˈæst bˈʊk ɹˈæŋkɪn ɹˈoʊt ˌʌndɚ hˈɪz "dʒˈæk hˈɑːɹvi" ˈeɪliəs: hiː stˈeɪɾᵻd ˌɔn hɪz wˈɛbsaɪt ðæt ðɪs wʌz tə ɡˈɪv ɪɾ ˈeɪ "sˈɛns ʌv klˈoʊʒɚ".