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A Question of Blood - Ian Rankin

Description: ISBN 0752877135 / Author: Ian Rankin / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... the shooting are much more important. The book basically has two storylines running through it. The book begins with a ... more

... shooting in Port Edgar Academy, a private school, which kills two teenagers and injures another. One of the dead is John Rebus' estranged cousin's son and the other is the son of a judge. The kid who survived was the son of troublesome MSP Jack Bell. The storyline is obviously central to the book, and throughout the book Rebus is trying to find out why the killer - who then turned the gun on himself - did it, as the murderer was also an SAS dropout, just like Rebus. There is a twist at the end of the book, and there is no ...more

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A Question of Blood - Ian Rankin: Rebus proves himself right, again! (1112 words)
by - written on 08/01/08 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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Another great book in the Rebus series, and I am not here to spoil it for anyone. However, I do still have a review to write and if I happen to jump ahead of the known plot then I apologise! For those of you who have no knowledge of the John Rebus series by Ian Rankin, here is a brief history. Ian Rankin thought up the idea of John Rebus whilst at university in 1985. Rebus himself was born in 1947 in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. He had a troubled childhood with his mum dying young, and joined the army after 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 ... Read the complete review

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