Fall Into Rankin (The Falls - Ian Rankin)

Member Name: Drone007

Product:	The Falls - Ian Rankin
Date:	27/11/05 (142 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: You'll be gripped by the story

Disadvantages: Helps to have previous knowledge of Rebus

The book starts by throwing you straight into the action two days after a banker's daughter, Philippa, has gone missing. Rebus and his colleague Siobhan begin their chase using an involving computer game which she was involved in. To help get to the bottom of this, Siobhan plays the game and the affect the Quizmaster has upon the disappearance becomes clear aided by Rebus' investigations. Their chase takes them through hundreds of old cases of body snatching and murder, and the continual appearance of tiny handmade coffins with dolls inside, left mysteriously at scenes of crimes both old and new.

John Rebus as an inspector drinks heavily and goes about his operations in an unusual and at first surprising way, often linking the two together.

In 'The Falls', Rebus is older than in previous books and is slowly suffering because of it. The book consists of a cyber-based mind game plot and the strong, compelling cast of suspects, informants, and law enforcement officers.

As with all Rebus Novels, Rankin creates a living image of Scotland and Edignburgh in the readers mind. This is largely helped due to its accurate basing on Edingburgh itself, with the details great enough to almost guide you round the city

'The Falls' is yet another fantastic book added to Rankin's series about Rebus. It will easily make you think and will send you off on ideas which may appear correct but quickly change as the plot progresses. You will find it addictive and won't be able to put this book down until you finish it.
If youve enjoyed other books following Rebus, you'll love this, if this is your first one, you'll love the others. As the front cover says, Rankin & Rebus - number one bestsellers. And rightly so.

The novel is 475 pages long, printed by Orion & has ISBN number 0-75284-405-9

Summary: A fantastic book which will keep you gripped until you reach the end.