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Tooth And Nail - Ian Rankin


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Tooth And Nail - Ian Rankin

 
Description: ISBN 0752877275 / Author: Ian Rankin / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... cracking story if I hadn't read it. This is the only book in which Rebus is based outside of Scotland, he usually works from ... more

 ... the city of Edinburgh which is one of the things I like about the books as I used to live there and I like books set in places I know well. In Tooth and Nail however, he is sent down to London to help 'The Met' catch a serial killer. We first encounter Rebus on the train heading South and sitting opposite an English rugby fan, one of many on the train disappointed because of a defeat by the Scots over the previous weekend. It's a nice touch, putting Rebus outside his comfort zone straight away and setting the tone ...more

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Premium Review Tooth And Nail - Ian Rankin: Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolfman? (751 words)
by - written on 24/04/09 (Very useful, 238 readings)
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Tooth and Nail, originally entitled Wolfman, is the third of Ian Rankin's popular Inspector Rebus novels. It was published in 1992, five years after the first; Knots and Crosses. If you haven't read any of them you may be familiar with some of the tv adaptations starring John Hannah and later, Ken Stott as Rebus. A latecomer to Rebus, I only read my first last year but have since read all but two of the eighteen in the series. The early ones are quite different to the later ones which I started with and which have a much deeper sense of security and accomplishment in the writing style. I had found the first two books to be, although good, a bit raw. Obviously ...  Read the complete review

 

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