Standing in Another Man's Grave - Ian Rankin Reviews
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Newest Review: ... as ever, doggedly determined to pursue, by any means, an investigation into a series of disappearances linked to the A9 north ... more
... of Perth, going back at least a decade.
The plot is as complex as ever, too, but with the scene in this latest story shifting back and forth between Rebus' Edinburgh and all points north to Inverness and beyond: an effective combination of 'road movie' and crime novel.
Rebus may be out of his comfort zone here but there's life in the old dog yet, despite all those years of fags (of the cigarette type!) and booze. He is still all-too-human: a flawed, unconventional but brilliant detective. Rankin skilfully sets...more
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by - written on 08/05/13, updated on 08/05/13 (Very useful, 37 readings)
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Back in 1982 Films of Scotland produced a documentary on the remaking of the main A9 road to the highlands: a ten year civil engineering project. Reading Ian Rankin's latest crime novel recently, I was reminded of watching this on an early VHS video, then driving along the upgraded route shortly afterwards. The road features prominently in the book, which also marks the welcome return of Rankin's popular Detective Inspector John Rebus. Regular readers will find all the required ingredients here, along with familiar characters from previous stories: Siobhan Clarke, Cafferty etc. Rankin cleverly reintroduces 'old school' Rebus, now working in a 'cold case unit' ... Read the complete review
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