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Title: A Question of Blood: An Inspector Rebus Novel by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0-316-09564-8 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: absolutely brilliant
Comment: All of South Queensferry is in shock when Lee Herdman walks into a private school (Port Edgar Academy) one day and opens fire in the student lounge killing two boys one day. Since Herdman was an ex-army man, everyone assumes that he just snapped one day. However, the police still need to try and establish what chain of events led to the shooting. So an overworked DI Bobby Hogan who's in charge of the case decides to draft Rebus onto the team. Rebus however is being investigated because of his connection in the suspicious death of an ex-con (with a tendency for violence) who was stalking Rebus's partner DS Siobhan Clarke for a while now. Relieved to have something else on their minds aside from the impending internal investigation, both Rebus and Siobhan throw themselves completely into investigating Herdman's past and everyone he had a relationship with. But with the military police showing a sudden and profound interest in the case, Rebus begins to wonder about what's really going on, esp when he discovers the ties Herdman had with certain prominent families of South Queensferry...
Ian Rankin comes up trumps again! And while this latest Rebus installment is not the usual fare (as others have noted it's not much of a whodunit kind of novel), it still made for compelling and engrossing reading. Ian Rankin is an absolute wonder at creating scenes, characters and atmosphere, and coming up with a story that's unique and complex. So that even though I did begin to see which way the investigation was going, and even though the ending didn't really explain completely why the shooter did what he did, I would still rate this latest Rebus novel as a 5 star read. As usual there is Rankin's clever and witty prose/dialogue to enjoy; and I rather liked that you really got to enjoy and appreciate the good and close relationship that Rebus and Siobhan have -- a friendship that's affectionate but (thank goodness) free of sexual tensions. So yes, this is a book worth buying and recommending as an excellent read.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Rebus riddle
Comment: Rebeccareads recommends, A QUESTION OF BLOOD, the 14th atmospheric Inspector Rebus mystery, for those who relish dark dramas of amoral, callow & disaffected people. Rebus is an aging anti-hero barely an inch on the right side of the law himself, suspected of a foul deed & deep in the thrall of booze who does, nonetheless, doggedly pursue the truth to a shooting at a posh Edinburgh boarding school.
Rating: 5
Summary: Slainte!
Comment: DI Rebus assists the police in a small town near Edinburgh with a school shooting. Rebus, being ex-Army, may be able to bring unique insights into the motivation of the shooter, an ex-Army man as well. In a sub-plot, Rebus has burned his hands and they are heavily bandaged. Suspicion hangs around him because on the same night he burned his hands a man stalking Siobhan was burned to death in a house fire. Siobhan must chauffeur Rebus around while he investigates the school shooting. There are some great scenes when Siobhan helps Rebus do ordinary things, but won't help him light cigarettes. I think this is the best from Rankin since Set In Darkness. This is the master of Tartan Noir at his best.
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Title: Playing with Fire : A Novel of Suspense by Peter Robinson ISBN: 006019877X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Murder Room by P.D. James ISBN: 1400041414 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Resurrection Men: An Inspector Rebus Novel by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0316766844 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Now May You Weep: A Novel by Deborah Crombie ISBN: 0060525231 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George ISBN: 0553801309 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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