by Ian Rankin
I'm torn between quotations to open with, on the one hand, you have this one which captures the environment this novel takes place in -- it's a perfect encapsulation of the frustration of so many civilians. Particularly the ones in the town near the focal crime. Fear: the crucial word. Most people...
bookshelves: autumn-2011, mystery-thriller, britain-scotland, fraudio, re-read, winter-20112012, series, edinburgh Read from September 12, 2011 to February 05, 2012 re-read via tv series - Detective Inspector John Rebus and his sidekick DS Siobhan Clarke are called to investigate a shooting at a...
Some of Ian Rankin's books might be classified as police procedurals but this one is a true mystery. The ending is a surprise so I won't give anything away.A gunman shoots kids at a school and then turns the gun on himself. Sound familiar? Think again. Ian Rankin is a top-notch writer and this book ...
re-read via tv series - Detective Inspector John Rebus and his sidekick DS Siobhan Clarke are called to investigate a shooting at a local college. At the scene, the spattered blood and bullet holes that litter the room tell a tale of a frantic shooting, and the bodies of two dead schoolboys and a sp...
Interesting, but I've read better
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