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"His is a superbly drawn character; matched by the edgy authenticity of the Scottish locale and dialogue."
--Marcel Berlins, The Times
--Marcel Berlins, The Times
"Suspenseful riddling, with exemplary eye to the plod of police through civic jungle."
--Sunday Times
--Sunday Times
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'It was 28th April. Wet, naturally, the grass percolating water as John Rebus walked to the grave of his father, dead five years to the day.' This is our first glimpse of the Scottish policeman with the puzzling name...before Ian Rankin hit the bestseller lists, before Rebus became a national institution...A story of the brutal abduction and murder of young girls, at first it seems that Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is just one of many policemen hunting the killer. Then messages begin to arrive: knotted string and matchstick crosses - taunting Rebus with pieces of a puzzle only he can solve. So begins the case that introduced the crime world to one of its most compelling characters. Whether you're turning the pages for the first time, or reliving the mystery, KNOTS AND CROSSES is unmissable reading.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Beginning Of A GREAT Series,
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This review is from: Knots and Crosses (Mass Market Paperback)
Someone is strangling children in Edinburgh. Inspector John Rebus starts receiving what he thinks are crank letters, each enclosing a small neatly tied knot. While investigating the serial strangler, Rebus takes the reader with him on a tour of the seedy side of Scotland's second city. Along the way we learn that Rebus has lost his marriage, has forgotten how to communicate with his young daughter, drinks too much and feels and acts the loner. We meet the other detectives and minor characters that flesh out the story so well. While Rebus starts to see where all the clues are pointing, the reader is completely drawn into the story. Rankin set out to write a modern day parallel to Jekyll and Hyde, not a crime fiction book at all. But the result is the beginning of the best mystery series I've yet to read. Inspector Rebus is fascinating enough to carry a book by himself, but the mystery is absorbing, thought-provoking and makes this book a fast paced page turner. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Ian Rankin has penned a masterpiece with this series. I hope you will read them all.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Knots and Crosses,
By Daniel Hodges (Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Knots & Crosses: An Inspector Rebus Novel #1 (Paperback)
The first book by Ian Rankin and the first to feature Inspector John Rebus. I must admit to being more interested in good characters than clever story lines but this has both. Rebus is a fascinatingly human protaganist who you just want to find out more about. Fortunatley there are a dozen Rebus novels in which to get to know him better.Well worth the read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not his best, but still intriguing,
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This review is from: Knots and Crosses (Mass Market Paperback)
What can one write about Rankin? The creator of Inspector Rebus? This is one in his long series of Rebus novels and of course it is intriguing and great. It's not the best of his novels, my favorite is "Black & Blue" to date, but they are all really great mysteries.
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