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Title: Black and Blue: An Inspector Rebus Novel by Ian Rankin, Joe Dunlop ISBN: 0-7531-0403-2 Publisher: ISIS Publishing Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette

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Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Made My Kilt Curl
Comment: I was just introduced to Ian Rankin with this book. I loved it. Love Rebus. Rankin has a great knack for character and how to intertwine plots. I've been on a steady diet of Connelly, Deaver, Pearson, Crais, Kellerman, etc., and it was great to take a 'trip' across the ocean to get a glimpse of detective life in Scotland. It was much more gritty and hard-nosed than many of the stateside gumshoe tales. Felt a real affinity between Rebus and Harry Bosch. Maybe they are long lost cousins. Now plan to read all of Rankin's works in sequence. Keep up the good work Ian.

Rating: 4
Summary: A pretty good read!
Comment: Not up to the pace of Michael Connelly, but still pretty good. I found it very slow until about a third through the novel - hence only four stars. But if you are waiting for your favorite author's next work, a nice way to pass the time.

Rating: 5
Summary: The best of all Ian Rankin's Rebus books - riveting reading
Comment: I've read all of Ian Rankin's books since I first saw him speaking at Edinburgh's Book Festival some years ago. He just gets better and better. Black & Blue has a plot that's too complicated to describe here, but once I had started it I just had to keep on reading. Not all the good guys are nice, and not all the bad guys are nasty, and Rebus himself is suffering from even more angst than usual, but he still keeps our sympathy. Most of all,the plotting is superb; it's complicated and rewarding to stick with. (And if you get the chance to hear/see Rankin himself, grab it - he's a nice, entertaining guy!)