Black & Blue - Ian Rankin

This stretches Ian Rankin's rebus series way out of it's Edinburgh comfort zone & in to the excrutiatingly uncomfortable media spotlight. Rebus really seems to hold a grudge against this serial killer and in turn the media hold one against him. It is a faster paced faster flowing book than many of the series, but Rankin has not scrimped at all on any of the detail given. There is a tense undertone running through this book and this is not something to read and relax! Although not the most likeable Rebus commands respect for his grudging detemination and his methods of dealing with tasks. His co-workers particularly Siobhan and Brian are more identifiable ...  Read the complete review