Rebus follows the clues to a dodgy photographer and a Gentlemans club frequented by the great and the good of Edinburgh.

Now, with the help of a bright, conflicted young detective, Rebus is following the girl through a brutal world of bad deals, bad dope and bad company. Young pretender Darryl Christie may have staked his claim on the city's underworld - but has criminal mastermind and Rebus' long-time adversary, Big Ger Cafferty, really settled down to a quiet retirement? The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. This book improves on the first one somewhat; the writing is a bit less erratic, the plot a bit less obvious. He brought out a metal wastepaper bin from beneath the desk, dropped the photographs into it, and lit a match, holding it over the bin, as he had done so many times before.The sad, lonely, brilliant-yet-flawed sleuth, whose uncompromising pursuit of the truth leads them into all sorts of trouble. Rebus enlists Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes -- "Someone who didn't know Rebus well enough to complain about being kept in the dark, about being used as a shunting engine" -- to help him out, and though there is some friction between the two they make a decent team. Some side plots in the story involve illegal dog fights, a gay character, and Rebus's ex-lover - Gillian Templer - who has a new radio DJ boyfriend.

But the real beauty, the true quality of the writing, is in the character development and the superb dialogue. Rebus is an interesting guy, not always likable, often grouchy and impossible to deal with (the fact that he’s able to get beautiful women is still a bit iffy and too much male fantasy territory, but at least he can keep his hands to himself). In part, he knows that his job would be at risk, his loved ones would be at risk, his life would be at risk, and these rich fuckers would probably just get a slap on the wrist anyway, if that.Although I did enjoy Hide and Seek more than I enjoyed Knots and Crosses, it was still only a three-star read. At first blush, the cause of death appears to be a simple heroin overdose taken in the throes of some sort of odd satanic ritual but the medical examiner's autopsy discloses something entirely different. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Trump is still saying stupid shit that the lapdogs at FOX News eat up like candy and Clinton is publishing unreadable thrillers with James Patterson. But gradually Inspector John Rebus sifted through the rubble, finding not a lot to shock him, but more than he'd expected. In an Edinburgh squat a drug addict is found dead, with the body laid out in the shape of a cross and candles at each side.

In the Exile on Princes Street foreword to Rebus: The Early Years, Rankin says this was his second attempt at updating Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr.I have been using this company since lockdown began and am extremely pleased with the service they provide. From then on she was regarded with a mixture of suspicion and fascination by her God-fearing community. Seeing where our perspectives differ and in the main, where they meet, enriches our interpretations of the stories we read. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole.

The man appears to have overdosed, still clutching a packet of white powder -- but it turns out the powder in his hands is good stuff, while what he injected was a toxic mixture. The benefit of reading the early instalments of the Rebus series is to get a good understanding of what makes this curmudgeonly detective tick.My frank assessment: Apart from hindering flow of reading, looking up in 90 percent of the cases did not help much in my understanding of plot development. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office. The flaws stopping this from being As-new are 1 gently bumped corner, 1 corner a little less than sharp and a tiny, tiny chip to crown of dj that you need to look for.