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Inspector Rebus #1-2

Verborgene Muster / Das zweite Zeichen

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Band 1 und 2 der legendären Inspector-Rebus-ReiheVerborgene Eine Mordserie versetzt Edinburgh in Angst. Zwei Mädchen wurden getötet, ein drittes ist verschwunden. Detective Sergeant John Rebus tappt im Dunkeln, denn auf den ersten Blick gibt es keine Verbindung zwischen den Morden … Das zweite In einem heruntergekommenen Haus in Edinburgh wurde die Leiche eines jungen Mannes gefunden. Ein Drogenopfer, so sieht es zunächst aus. Aber aus dem scheinbar einfachen Fall wird bald eine mysteriöse Mordsache für John Rebus …

544 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

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Ian Rankin

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AKA 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.

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Ich habe mich über erst eher durch das Buch gequält. Andererseits war es dann doch nicht sooo langweilig, um es wegzulegen. Kurz vor dem Ende wurde es dann aber spannend. Ich werde deshalb sicher noch ein zweites ausprobieren. :-)
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