Advantages: Compelling enough crime story Disadvantages: Not a patch on the Rebus stories
Doors Open - Ian Rankin
Before I talk about the book ‘Doors Open’ written by Ian Rankin let me tell you a little story of my own.
Many years ago I was the chief cashier in a branch of a high street bank. It was a small branch with a low foot flow of ...
Advantages: Some great moments Disadvantages: Too much like a Rebus book, but not as good
Ian Rankin's success is most definitely of his own doing. His writing style is brilliant: such intricacies in his text have always made that extra step from quality fiction to top quality, putting him among the very best of his time. However, at the same ...
Advantages: Fast paced art heist with traditional Rankin flair Disadvantages: None, unless you're expecting a Rebus replacement
Mike Mackenzie was 37 years old, rich and bored. He'd made his money in software, but if he was honest, it was his partner who was the real brains of the business, so when they'd sold up, fortunes intact, and said partner had taken off to the other side ...
Advantages: It's not the worst I've read Disadvantages: It's tired, predictable, formulaic stuff - time to find a new hero/heroine please
The Devil of a Mystery
When a workman accidentally breaks into the cellar of a house revealing pagan or possibly demonic symbols and a human skull, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is called in to get to the bottom of what's been happening. Soon ...
Advantages: Complex & Intelligent plot, well written, an interesting and 'different' read Disadvantages: Not quite upto the usual Reichs standards in my opinion
...I've read and reviewed several Kathy Reichs novels now and I'd definitely consider myself a fan. Devil Bones brings us the same Reichs trademarks and characters, mixed with some devilish twists, though I didn't think it was quite up to the standard of som ...
