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A Good Hanging - Ian Rankin

Description: ISBN 0752877127 / Author: Ian Rankin / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Edinburgh is a city steeped in history and tradition, a seat of ... more

A Good Hanging - Ian Rankin ... learning, of elegant living, known as the 'Athens of the North'. But that isn't all. The city's flip-side is a city of grudges, blackmail, violence, greed and fear - where past and present clash and old wounds fester. In any year Detective Inspector John Rebus can expect gang warfare, murder, assault and battery at the very least. In this collection he investigates the hanging of a student actor during the Festival, an arson attack on a bird watcher and the witnessing of an apparent miracle.

Newest Review: ... 1947 in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. He had a troubled childhood with his mum dying young, and joined the army after ... more

... leaving school. After years touring with the army in Northern Ireland, Rebus decided to try out for the SAS, but the mental side of the training ruined his soldiers mind and was offered a route out with the Lothian and Borders police. This is where the series of books picks Rebus up, and during the early books he still ahs contact with his wife and daughter. However as the series plays on, Rebus becomes a loner who is interested in only one thing - his work. Rankin often introduces characters into the series who co...more

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Read Reviews for A Good Hanging - Ian Rankin

A Good Hanging - Ian Rankin: Rebus - in small doses! (1208 words)
by - written on 11/01/08 (Very useful, 46 readings)
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This is a collection of short stories, featuring Ian Rankin's most famous Detective, Inspector John Rebus. As a follow on from my review of Rankin's 14th Rebus novel, A Question of Blood, I have just read A Good Hanging (and other stories) written by Rankin in 1992, just five years after the first Rebus book. _Ian Rankin_ Born in the Kingdom of Fife (the same as Rebus), in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh and has since been employed as a grape-picker, swineherd, taxman, alcohol researcher, hi-fi journalist and punk musician. His first Rebus novel, _Knots & Crosses_, was published in 1987 and the Rebus books have now ... Read the complete review

Will not leave you hanging (994 words)
by - written on 15/10/06 (Very useful, 168 readings)
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A Good Hanging is one of twelve short stories to be found in this Ian Rankin written book featuring his most famous creation Detective Inspector Frank Rebus who is currently gracing our TV screens. This was my first experience of Rebus either in the written form or the small screen and having ran out of reading material on holiday I thought this would be a suitable lend from friends as the format of short stories meant that if I did not get to the end of the book when the time came around to return to good old Blighty I would not be left wondering what happened at the end. The fact that these stories are incredibly easy to read and quite engrossing meant that ... Read the complete review

A Good Hanging - Ian Rankin: Fancy A Quickie? (884 words)
by - written on 10/06/06 (Very useful, 155 readings)
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~ ~ I’ve long been an avid fan of Scot’s author Ian Rankin, in particular of his detective novels featuring the irreverent, irascible, irritable, hard drinking Edinburgh police inspector John Rebus. Once Rebus gets under your skin you very quickly get addicted, and can barely contain yourself as you wait for the next Rebus mystery to flow from the keyboard of the much feted Mr. Rankin. Fortunately, the wait is nearly over as a brand new Rebus novel called “The Naming Of The Dead” is due for release in October, 2006. ~ ~ In the meantime I’ve been reduced to re-reading some of my Rebus collection of novels, and with sixteen to choose from I’m truly spoilt for ... Read the complete review