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Inspector Rebus #1-17 & 3.5
The Complete Rebus Collection
The career of Scotland's greatest modern detective.
'[Rebus is] the most compelling mind in modern crime fiction' Independent
Contains: KNOTS AND CROSSES, HIDE AND SEEK, TOOTH AND NAIL, A GOOD HANGING, STRIP JACK, THE BLACK BOOK, MORTAL CAUSES, LET IT BLEED, BLACK AND BLUE, THE HANGING GARDEN, DEAD SOULS, SET IN DARKNESS, THE FALLS, RESURRECTION MEN, A QUESTION OF BLOOD, FLESHMARKET CLOSE, THE NAMING OF THE DEAD, EXIT MUSIC.
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First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Ian Rankin
419 books6,500 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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August 25, 2018
Occasionally I will read one of the set, interspersed with other reading. I'll try to update periodically.
1/8/17 - began KNOTS AND CROSSES
1/17/17 - finished K & C
2/12/17 - finished KNOTS AND CROSSES
3/28/17 - finished HIDE AND SEEK
finished, date uncertain - A GOOD HANGING
5/08/17 - finished STRIP JACK
6/27/17 - finished THE BLACK BOOK
7/26/17 - finished MORTAL CAUSES
8/12/17 - finished LET IT BLEED
9/5/17 - finished BLACK AND BLUE
10/5/17 - finished THE HANGING GARDEN
11/13/17 - finished DEAD SOULS
1/13/18 - finished SET IN DARKNESS
6/05/18 - finished THE FALLS
7/10/18 - finished RESURRECTION MEN
8/08/18 - finished A QUESTION OF BLOOD
8/16/18 - finished FLESHMARKET CLOSE
8/21/18 - finished THE NAMING OF THE DEAD
EXIT MUSIC.- Fini! - 8/25/17
I really enjoyed seeing Rankin maturing as he got further in the series.
1/8/17 - began KNOTS AND CROSSES
1/17/17 - finished K & C
2/12/17 - finished KNOTS AND CROSSES
3/28/17 - finished HIDE AND SEEK
finished, date uncertain - A GOOD HANGING
5/08/17 - finished STRIP JACK
6/27/17 - finished THE BLACK BOOK
7/26/17 - finished MORTAL CAUSES
8/12/17 - finished LET IT BLEED
9/5/17 - finished BLACK AND BLUE
10/5/17 - finished THE HANGING GARDEN
11/13/17 - finished DEAD SOULS
1/13/18 - finished SET IN DARKNESS
6/05/18 - finished THE FALLS
7/10/18 - finished RESURRECTION MEN
8/08/18 - finished A QUESTION OF BLOOD
8/16/18 - finished FLESHMARKET CLOSE
8/21/18 - finished THE NAMING OF THE DEAD
EXIT MUSIC.- Fini! - 8/25/17
I really enjoyed seeing Rankin maturing as he got further in the series.
April 28, 2017
Great Cop Novel
Having been to Scotland, I enjoyed this collection of crime stories. The locales and Inspector Rebus' skills at solving murder.
Having been to Scotland, I enjoyed this collection of crime stories. The locales and Inspector Rebus' skills at solving murder.
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