Section: Reading

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It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that Detective Inspector John Rebus:

1. Is a gristled veteran when it comes to working murder cases.
2. Is on his first case.
3. Feels sympathy for the killer, but is driven by a sense of justice to capture him or her all the same.
4. Is in over his head.

Several passages in the text indicate this is not Rebus' first rodeo with regard to crime scene investigations, but it's all brought home by the final couple of sentences: "Looking around, Rebus realized that the poor bastards must be left feeling like mice in a maze. The difference being that in laboratories, there were few predators, while out here in the real world, they were everywhere."