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Summary: Better and Better
Review: As Ian Rankin's series progresses, Detective Inspector John Rebus is becoming more and more likable. This time he's trying to solve the murder of a local MP's wife. He comes up against the usual brick walls put up by superior officers on the way to solving the case, but in this book for the first time, he seems to have made a friend in the force in young DS Brian Holmes.I'm finding the Insector John Rebus books even more enjoyable since the newer, mellow John Rebus has been developed. A wonderful British police procedural full of wit and glint-in-the-eye humour.
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Summary: A Brilliant Case for Scotlands best Detective
Review: I cannot believe that the reader from Chicago found this book so Bad. I however enjoyed it hugely. This was the first Inspector Rebus novel I read, and I'm looking forward to read a lot more. With out spoiling the novel, its about a MP who is caught in a brothel whos wife is murdered. If you like novels with twists and turns and masses of tension and touches of humour then you will love this book.
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Summary: Compelling Scottish Crime Fiction
Review: I highly recommend this fine Inspector Rebus novel by Rankin. Excellent crime/detective novel based in Scotland, providing a worthwhile alternative to the plethora of US novels. Read it if you like crime novels with a twist!
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Summary: Compelling Scottish Crime Fiction
Review: I highly recommend this fine Inspector Rebus novel by Rankin. Excellent crime/detective novel based in Scotland, providing a worthwhile alternative to the plethora of US novels. Read it if you like crime novels with a twist!
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Summary: Rankin is the Best
Review: Ian Rankin once again proves that he is amongst the best, if not the best writer of Crime Fiction in the world. Strip Jack has all the twists and turns that make Ian Rankin's books unputdownable. The plot, MP wife's suspicious disappearance and subsequent murder, moves along really well. The numerous sub-plots, unlike in some stories, actually help the book to move along rather than detract from the main story. As usual all the plot lines are integral to the story. All in all an excellent addition to the Rebus series, if you like good British Detective fiction (and who doesn't, it is the best after all) this is a must for your library.
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Summary: Don't buy this book!! Hard to understand
Review: This book's summary one the back may sound interesting but the story itself isn't. It talks about orgies, burlesque, and other things. But the story itself is too hard to understand because of all the british terms used. I bought this book in June and I am still on page 13!!
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Summary: Very good!
Review: This is my first Ian Rankin novel. Although I find the TV version of Rebus (BBC) interesting and stylish, the episodes are very moody, dark and gristly. I was a little worried that the book would be the same way, however, it was excellent, witty and complicated! The reader took a little getting used to, but I got into it and enjoyed it. I am giving it 4 stars instead of five because I thought the ending was good, but not great. Another reviewer refers to the "new, mellower" Rebus, so maybe the earlier works are violent. I can only say that I will keep on reading Rankin!
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Summary: Very good!
Review: This is my first Ian Rankin novel. Although I find the TV version of Rebus (BBC) interesting and stylish, the episodes are very moody, dark and gristly. I was a little worried that the book would be the same way, however, it was excellent, witty and complicated! The reader took a little getting used to, but I got into it and enjoyed it. I am giving it 4 stars instead of five because I thought the ending was good, but not great. Another reviewer refers to the "new, mellower" Rebus, so maybe the earlier works are violent. I can only say that I will keep on reading Rankin!
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