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Slightly disturbing but compulsive reading

Advantages: Unusual stance from the viewpoint of the killer
Disadvantages: None

Author Craig Robertson has had a twenty year career with the Glasgow Post. He has not only interviewed three different Prime Ministers, he has also attended some major news stories such as 9/11, Dunblane and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. This ...

KathEv 28.05.2010 · Read full review
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Three Great Novels - Ian Rankin

Advantages: Very easy to read, with lots of twists and turns in the plot.
Disadvantages: None

...Rankin can do no wrong. I think the Rebus books are compulsory reading for all lovers of crime novels. To have three such superb books in one was a great delight as I didn't have to stop reading until I had reached the very last page ...

CatLoverMo 20.08.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Rebus - Three Great Novels - Ian Rankin

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Can we bring Rebus back to life?

Advantages: Clever plot twists, good character development
Disadvantages: Overly complex, easy to get lost in the plot, not Rankin's best

"It was their third day at Tullialan: the Scottish Police College. The place was mostly full of recent recruits, learning their lessons before being allowed out on to public streets. But there were other officers there, older and wiser. They were on refre ...

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Resurrected Rebus?

Advantages: character development
Disadvantages: Plot a little slow, Cafferty

If you have read many of my other reviews, you will probably be aware of the fact that I absolutely love Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series. There are seventeen books in the series - not including the new one that Rankin is to release later this year! - ...

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rebus get's closer to meeting his match . . .

Advantages: clever intertwined plot, good twist at the end
Disadvantages: the plot could get a bit complex

Resurrection Men Despite reading the odd Rebus book in the past, my Dad and I decided last year to start from the beginning and read them through one by one. It's a little bit annoying for me that I have only just signed up to Ciao and therefore cannot ...

martin0201 21.11.2007 · Read full review
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