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Ian Rankin: A Good Hanging / Blood Hunt / Dead Souls
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First published December 11, 2006
About the author
Ian Rankin
393 books6,625 followersAKA Jack Harvey.
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ianrankin
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ianrankin
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April 13, 2025
This story (Blood Hunt) could be one of those turned into a common adventure movie with an unlikely mix of people becoming entangled through unsuspected links. Drawing the interest of a capable and dangerous man does not go the way some powerful people expected. It only stretches credulity a few times and it maintains a good pace. Some of the “back story” chapters could have been shorter, but they were still entertaining. The ending was fairly predictable – including a literal cliff-hanger – and felt a little bit rushed after the build up through the novel. I recommend this adventure novel.
May 16, 2017
I listened to Blood Hunt on CD. There is no listing for the single book, only this 3 in 1 so I only read the one. It's a good plot and the star is a real macho hero type trying to learn what happened to his brother. I like him. I give it only 3 stars because there is no real closure for anything except the death of his brother's murderer. We have to assume and guess. I wanted to learn that all the bad guys got taken down.
November 2, 2017
This book was written as Jack Harvey. It is a fast-passed thriller taking place in the UK, France and the USA. It's a mystery that turns into a man-hunt. Although this book involves many brutal killings and I'm much more a 'cozy' mystery reader, the killings were quick and therefore the story moved on quickly. It's definitely a page-turner.
June 29, 2017
Some authors write to confuse people thinking that is good literature but not me, 60 pages and done.
May 27, 2019
Didn't finish it as I found the stories boring, tedious and predictable - not read any Ian Rankin before and won't be reading any more in the future
February 3, 2022
What can you say about a Rankin book? Great story with fascinating facts about how the SAS operate.
Story holds you and you have to stay with it.
Everything a book should be.
Story holds you and you have to stay with it.
Everything a book should be.
July 16, 2022
Should have been good but it was slow and the insertion of the philosophical quotes from nietzsche just felt bizarre.
April 11, 2018
My volume is only of Blood Hunt by Rankin. Fast moving story and should be a quick read.
A different kind of Rankin story, less a mystery than more a pursuit and latter day Western with participants setting traps for each other. Traps to kill and hide the corporate malfeasance which forms the basis for the initial murder which was originally thought to be a suicide. Action takes place in several locales including Great Britain, the US and France. Not a lot of character development just good old adventure and somewhat predictable action. In all, a nice story but not anything special.
A different kind of Rankin story, less a mystery than more a pursuit and latter day Western with participants setting traps for each other. Traps to kill and hide the corporate malfeasance which forms the basis for the initial murder which was originally thought to be a suicide. Action takes place in several locales including Great Britain, the US and France. Not a lot of character development just good old adventure and somewhat predictable action. In all, a nice story but not anything special.
March 9, 2015
I actually picked up this writer because of a quiz telling me that DI Remus was my ideal man. So not disappointed. Enjoyed every story and will be checking out more of Mr. Rankin.
September 3, 2021
I have only actual read blood Hunt(or listened as it was an audible book)but this was the only option to list it
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