Dead Souls: An Inspector Rebus Novel (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)
|
|
| Title: | Dead Souls: An Inspector Rebus Novel (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries) |
| Categories: | John Rebus Series |
| BookID: | 91 |
| Authors: | Ian Rankin |
| ISBN-10(13): | 9780312974206 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Paperbacks |
| Publication date: | 2000-08-15 |
| Number of pages: | 448 |
| Owner Name: | Endeavor |
| Owner Email: | rnoggle1@gmail.com |
| Language: | English |
| Price: | 6.61 USD |
| Rating: |
|
| Picture: |
Buy now
|
| Added to Wish list: |
|
| Description: |
Product Description Weary, wary, hard-drinking Detective John Rebus returns in author Ian Rankin's internationally acclaimed, award-winning series. As complex and unpredictable as the brooding mists that envelop his Edinburgh beat, Rebus is ever resourceful and determined-but this time, vulnerable and challenged as never before, with complications in his personal life, and events that shake him to the depths of his being... A colleague's suicide. Pedophiles. A missing child. A serial killer. You never know your luck, muses Rebus. Driven by instinct and experience, he searches for connections, against official skepticism. But at night, unsoothed by whiskey, Rebus faces his ghosts-and the prospect of his daughter's possibly permanent paralysis. Soldiering through dank, desperate slums and the tony flats of the Scottish chic, Rebus uncovers a chain of crime, deceit, and hidden sins-knowing it's himself he's really trying to save. . .
Rankin has delivered a powerful series of books featuring his beleaguered Detective Inspector John Rebus, and while never less than gripping, a certain tiredness seemed to be setting in. Thankfully, Dead Souls is a resounding return to form, with a plot as enjoyably labyrinthine as any Rankin enthusiast could wish for, and pithy dialogue that fairly leaps off the page. Stalking the streets of Edinburgh on the trail of a poisoner, Rebus hits upon a freed pedophile and his subsequent outing of the man leaves him with very mixed feelings. But another problem develops for Rebus: a convicted murderer has him in his sights for some lethal games. And the tabloid press lionizing of Rebus won't help him in this situation. As always, Rankin is perfectly ready to tackle contentious issues--precisely the thing that gives his books their powerful sense of veracity. And Rebus, no longer in danger of having a soap opera-like accumulation of personal problems, seems as fresh and well-observed a character as in those first exhilarating books. Rankin has caught his form again, with even more assurance. --Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk |
| Book owner: | endeavor |