Watchman - Ian Rankin

From my review at Ciao; What a boring story. I was brought up during the heart of the troubles in Northern Ireland, and, I try to read as many novels about the troubles as possible. So I seen this Ian Rankin book called Watchman, but decided to buy the audiobook on CD instead. I then converted it to play on PSP. It is an 8 CD audiobook, and it is narrated by Tom Cotcher. One of the most boring voices for audiobooks. I cannot stay awake to listen to one chapter, never mind finish the book. I was expecting great things from the author of Rebus, however, this is nothing like Rebus, and to be honest, nothing like the Northern ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ 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 ...  Read the complete review