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Title: Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0-312-96665-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Deeper Look at Rebus
Comment: In this instalment of the Inspector John Rebus series, we are given a much deeper insight into Rebuses world, his life outside the police force, and how he's dealing with the loneliness of living alone.
From the opening scene Rebus is involved in an all-out thrill ride of a chase through the streets of Edinburgh. Unfortunately for Rebus the chase doesn't end well, although it has an even worse ending for the me he was chasing. A suicide soon after is linked to the original case and Rebus is soon chasing down clues and digging up dirt. When he's warned off the case by influential men from both inside and outside the police force, his resolve is hardened and he redoubles his efforts, convinced that he must be onto something pretty big.
Just what it was he was on to was a little hard to decipher. Corruption in government departments is the bone that he latches onto and then he finds that he's up against some pretty powerful customers. His job is on the line which means the world to him because as he points out, without his job, he's nothing.
We get a very candid look into Rebuses life outside of the police force and realise that he's not doing too well at this point. His realisation that he may have a drinking problem is highlighted by the admission that when he tries to sleep sober he is haunted by nightmares, so he ensures he has a few drinks before bed each night. There is also a disturbing reference to suicide in the book and the fact that Rebus has given it some thought was indicative of his current frame of mind.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rebus strikes again
Comment: Ian Rankin is amongst the best crime novelists writing today. His books are always tense, tenacious, and thrilling. At the heart of them is Rebus, a cop with bad habits and a fair dose of caustic, Scottish wit - as human and blemished as they come. Rebus knows that murder is usually motivated by passion or greed, but when the bodies begin to pile up - four of them - Rebus realizes that there's nothing simple about his latest case. In his trail for the culprit, he stumbles across a conspiracy that runs all the way to the top of the Scottish political ladder. If you've not yet picked up a John Rebus mystery from Ian Rankin, you should do so now. Rankin is the thinking man's crime writer. He mixes social comment with deep characterization and stirs it all into great plots and sub plots. Let it bleed is one of his outstanding examples and there's a hole in your reading if you miss it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Much More Than Coincidence
Comment: A girl is missing. Two teenagers suddenly seem to jump off a bridge, a man takes his own life at an unlikely town meeting. Ian Rankin's John Rebus is the investigator. Set in Scotland and Wales, Rebus is a very likeable detective. The story is well crafted and I found as a reader that I was hooked from the get go. Well worth it!
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Title: Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0312960948 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0312969139 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 15 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Strip Jack by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0312965141 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Black Book by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0312976755 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Black and Blue by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0312966776 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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