Great detective story, well written, with enough twists and pointers in the story to keep you going to the end.Looking forward to reading my next "Rebus" novel.
Such a quick clever read.The first Inspector Rebus novel, in which Rebus is a Detective Sergeant. He's a hard drinking, hard working smoker with a failed marriage and a young daughter. A man who spent time in the Army, in the SAS and suffered a nervous breakdown after leaving - then he joined the ...
Having watched, and thoroughly enjoyed the BBC Imagine programme about Ian Rankin (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nw51c) I thought I would give his first Rebus book a go.There is a child killer on the loose, Rebus is a so-so copper with a some psychological problems caused by events in his p...
[Rankin has come out against sockpuppetry. I want to support him by reading one of his books and this series sounds good.http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/04/sock-puppetry-publish-be-damned?newsfeed=true]
Was a good book, I could have done without the Detective living on booze, cigarettes and gratuitous sex (and mentions of sex). The language in the book isn't that great either, but that is the "nitty, gritty" to detective books (I guess). I did find the story line worth the read. If I had not, I ...
3.5 quite good, I will continue with the series. I just have a hard time giving crimes over a three sometimes. This was good, definitely worth continuing with but not the most compelling crime I have read. You have a feeling it'll get better as the character develops. Also, this book is only Rankin'...
First one in the Inspector Rebus series. The plot was not that great. The book attempted to establish the family and character of Rebus instead of concentrating on the mystery. I hope the other books in the series fill that gap.
I enjoyed the book - it was written well. I liked the characters, and it kept me interested. The reason it got the "not-too-excited" rating is because I figured out who it was well before the midpoint of the book - which is not a good thing for ANY detective story. I guess thats why I dont read myst...
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