The Hanging Garden - Ian Rankin

Fleshmarket Close - Ian Rankin

missing Scottish teenager. These are just some of the ingredients, characters, plots and sub-plots that go to make up the latest novel, “Fleshmarket Close”, from the master Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin. ~ ~ Rankin has long been one of my favourite crime writers, and his fictional Scottish copper, Detective Inspector Rebus, one of my favourite fictional crime characters. Fleshmarket Close is the latest in a long line of successful Inspector Rebus novels, the first (Knots and Crosses) being published way back in 1988 before Rankin had even decided to become a full time writer. What prompted me to put fingers to keyboard and write a review of this novel was listening ...

Fleshmarket Close - Ian Rankin

missing Scottish teenager. These are just some of the ingredients, characters, plots and sub-plots that go to make up the latest novel, “Fleshmarket Close”, from the master Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin. ~ ~ Rankin has long been one of my favourite crime writers, and his fictional Scottish copper, Detective Inspector Rebus, one of my favourite fictional crime characters. Fleshmarket Close is the latest in a long line of successful Inspector Rebus novels, the first (Knots and Crosses) being published way back in 1988 before Rankin had even decided to become a full time writer. What prompted me to put fingers to keyboard and write a review of this novel was listening ...

Fleshmarket Close - Ian Rankin

This is the 15th instalment in the series of books written by Ian Rankin focussing on the maverick Detective Inspector John Rebus. This is one of the best known books in the series, as it was one of the most highly acclaimed TV Rebus to be screened. The book itself won Ian Rankin the Edgar Award in the USA for best crime novel in 2004. === The Author - _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 ...

Fleshmarket Close - Ian Rankin

This is the 15th instalment in the series of books written by Ian Rankin focussing on the maverick Detective Inspector John Rebus. This is one of the best known books in the series, as it was one of the most highly acclaimed TV Rebus to be screened. The book itself won Ian Rankin the Edgar Award in the USA for best crime novel in 2004. === The Author - _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 ...

Watchman - Ian Rankin

~ ~ Anybody who reads my reviews regularly will be aware that the mad cabbie is a HUGE fan of the Scot’s author Ian Rankin, and more specifically of his doughty and disreputable main character, Inspector Rebus, the Edinburgh copper. In fact, I only recently finished his latest Inspector Rebus novel “Fleshmarket Close”, and was feeling a wee bit down in the dumps, as having read all the other Rebus books I knew it would be a quite a while before a follow up hit the bookshelves. ~ ~ Thus it was that I happened to pick up the Rankin novel I’m reviewing here, “Watchman”, which was first released in 1988, and which for many years was much sought after (and thus very ...

Watchman - Ian Rankin

~ ~ Anybody who reads my reviews regularly will be aware that the mad cabbie is a HUGE fan of the Scot’s author Ian Rankin, and more specifically of his doughty and disreputable main character, Inspector Rebus, the Edinburgh copper. In fact, I only recently finished his latest Inspector Rebus novel “Fleshmarket Close”, and was feeling a wee bit down in the dumps, as having read all the other Rebus books I knew it would be a quite a while before a follow up hit the bookshelves. ~ ~ Thus it was that I happened to pick up the Rankin novel I’m reviewing here, “Watchman”, which was first released in 1988, and which for many years was much sought after (and thus very ...