Advantages: Another great story involving a hotel fire and an unidentified body. Disadvantages: May have to read the previous books to get a good feel for the characters.
=== The Inspector Rebus series === The Black Book is the 5th book in the Inspector Rebus series written by Ian Rankin and it lives up to the quality we expect from the books in this series. I have been slowly making my way through the Inspector Rebus series in order, and I am thoroughly enjoying each book. Ian Rankin's first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was first published in 1987 and the Rebus books are now translated into several languages and ... ...he always manages to bring the city to life in his books, this one being no exception, and showing the reader the darker sides to the city that the tourists never see. === The Plot === In The Black Book a close friend and colleague of Rebus has been brutally attacked which is when Rebus discovers his colleague's notebook, which then see's him trying to piece together the puzzle and solves a long forgotten case starting from a hotel fire and an unidentified ...
GemmaC25 22.08.2009
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Advantages: its a brilliant book Disadvantages: may want to have read the previous novel
So as the back of the book says - it all hppened because John Rebus was in his favourite Edinburgh massage parlour reading the bible. Random i know but i wont tell you why its relevent it'l spoil the story! In this book Rebus makes his usual trawl around the seedy side of Edinburgh - it can be a little depressing at times i know - but the gripping story - the destruction of Rebus' love life, the return of a ghost from Rebus' past, and the crazy activities ... ...who could resist! Its a great read - specialy if your into Rankins other books. 'Knots and Crosses' and 'Tooth and Nails' are better examples of Rebus stories - but if you like those you'l enjoy this - and if you've not read those two then read them aswell! It usually costs about £6.99 but you can probably find it for less if you search! Worth a read! ...
ilovebobsben 26.02.2004 (31.03.2004)
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