review by Babs Simpson live on show 7th Nov 2013.
I READ A LOT OF IAN RANKINS DETECTIVE NOVELS A WHILE AGO AND ENJOYED THEM
SO JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO BORROW THIS, THE LATEST FEATURING JOHN REBUS. AND IT
IS WELL UP TO STANDARD.
REBUS IS NOW RETIRED FROM THE FORCE AND WORKING AS A CIVILIAN IN THE COLD
CASE UNIT LOOKING INTO UNSOLVED MURDERS AND DISAPPEARANCES FROM THE PAST.
HE MEETS A WOMAN WHO IS DESPERATE TO FIND HER MISSING DAUGHTER AND WHO IS
CONVINCED HER DISAPPEARANCE IS LINKED TO THAT OF OTHER YOUNG WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT
BEEN HEARD OF SINCE THEY WERE LAST TRACED TO THE LONELY A9 ROAD RUNNING THROUGH
THE BLEAK CENTRE OF SCOTLAND.
REBUS, AS ALWAYS OUTSPOKEN, SCORNFUL OF MODERN METHODS AND DEEPLY UNPOPULAR
WITH MOST OF HIS SENIOR COLLEAGUES, STARTS HIS OWN INVESTIGATION WHICH INVOLVES
VARIOUS CHARACTERS FROM SCOTLAND'S UNDER WORLD. HE EVENTUALLY GETS RESULTS.
REBUS IS AN INTRIGUING CHARACTER - HE DRINKS & SMOKES TOO MUCH, PURSUES AN
INDEPENDENT ROUTE AND CERTAINLY WASTES NO RESPECT ON THOSE WHO IN HIS EYES
DESERVE NONE. BUT HE IS VERY ENTERTAINING BOTH TO THE READER AND TO SOME OF HIS
COLLEAGUES WHO RESPECT HIS QUESTIONABLE METHODS AND THE RESULTS THEY
ACHIEVE.
THIS IS A VERY SATISFYING AND ENJOYABLE READ. AN EXCELLENT STORY,
COMPLICATED BUT ALWAYS HOLDING YOUR INTEREST, PEOPLED WITH COMPLETELY BELIEVABLE
CHARACTERS. I AM VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT ANOTHER REBUS NOVEL IS COMING OUT THIS
MONTH. THANK YOU IAN RANKIN, I HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
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