[books 2016] the new Rebus
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inulro8. Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin
I got this from the library because the last few instalments in the series have been a bit average (ie everything since Exit Music).
Rebus has been made to retire (again) but he's back as a consultant. Malcolm Fox (the anti-Rebus) is still on the force, a bit surplus to requirements. A retired judge is murdered, and a very similar attempt is made on Big Ger Cafferty's (formerly Edinburgh's premier gangster) life. The big players from Glasgow's organised crime world are in Edinburgh and under surveillance. Is it all connected?
I don't know what happened, but Rankin is back on form here. There's an awful lot going on and he's really playing with making the reader wonder what's relevant and what's a red herring. There is less of Rebus doing Drunken Stupid Shit. Malcolm Fox gets beat up. A lot.
Couldn't put it down.
I got this from the library because the last few instalments in the series have been a bit average (ie everything since Exit Music).
Rebus has been made to retire (again) but he's back as a consultant. Malcolm Fox (the anti-Rebus) is still on the force, a bit surplus to requirements. A retired judge is murdered, and a very similar attempt is made on Big Ger Cafferty's (formerly Edinburgh's premier gangster) life. The big players from Glasgow's organised crime world are in Edinburgh and under surveillance. Is it all connected?
I don't know what happened, but Rankin is back on form here. There's an awful lot going on and he's really playing with making the reader wonder what's relevant and what's a red herring. There is less of Rebus doing Drunken Stupid Shit. Malcolm Fox gets beat up. A lot.
Couldn't put it down.
