In a House of Lies
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"In a House of Lies" is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, featuring a complex investigation that exposes corruption and long-buried secrets in Edinburgh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| In a House of Lies canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9607205 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In a House of Lies Context triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, In a House of Lies]
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A.
House of Lies (TV series)
House of Lies is a dark comedy television series that follows a team of ruthless management consultants as they manipulate clients and navigate their own morally compromised personal lives.
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B.
Separate Lies
Separate Lies is a 2005 British drama film, adapted from Nigel Balchin’s novel "A Way Through the Wood," about a seemingly perfect upper-class marriage unraveling after a hit-and-run accident.
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C.
All Your Lies
"All Your Lies" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden, featured on their debut studio album Ultramega OK.
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D.
Pack of Lies
Pack of Lies is a stage play by Hugh Whitemore that dramatizes the true story of a suburban British couple whose friends are unmasked as Soviet spies.
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E.
Telling Lies
Telling Lies is an interactive narrative video game that uses full-motion video and a non-linear search-based interface to unravel a complex story through secretly recorded conversations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In a House of Lies Target entity description: "In a House of Lies" is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, featuring a complex investigation that exposes corruption and long-buried secrets in Edinburgh.
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A.
House of Lies (TV series)
House of Lies is a dark comedy television series that follows a team of ruthless management consultants as they manipulate clients and navigate their own morally compromised personal lives.
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B.
Separate Lies
Separate Lies is a 2005 British drama film, adapted from Nigel Balchin’s novel "A Way Through the Wood," about a seemingly perfect upper-class marriage unraveling after a hit-and-run accident.
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C.
All Your Lies
"All Your Lies" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden, featured on their debut studio album Ultramega OK.
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D.
Pack of Lies
Pack of Lies is a stage play by Hugh Whitemore that dramatizes the true story of a suburban British couple whose friends are unmasked as Soviet spies.
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E.
Telling Lies
Telling Lies is an interactive narrative video game that uses full-motion video and a non-linear search-based interface to unravel a complex story through secretly recorded conversations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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crime novel ⓘ fictional work ⓘ |
| author | Ian Rankin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Malcolm Fox
ⓘ
Siobhan Clarke ⓘ |
| follows | Rather Be the Devil ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cold case investigation
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justice and accountability ⓘ police corruption ⓘ secrets and cover-ups ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
John Rebus
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linked to:
DI John Rebus in Rebus
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| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of institutional corruption in Edinburgh ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Inspector Rebus series
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linked to:
DI John Rebus in Rebus
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| precedes | A Song for the Dark Times ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Police Scotland ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Orion Books
ⓘ
linked to:
Orion Publishing Group
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| seriesNumber | 22 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Edinburgh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: In a House of Lies Description of subject: "In a House of Lies" is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, featuring a complex investigation that exposes corruption and long-buried secrets in Edinburgh.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.