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SPOILERSI wanted to read several crime novels that were considered accurate for the genre, as being the child of a police officer, I often find it hard to suspend disbelief when reading a crime novel when I find inaccuracies. Ian Rankin's Tooth And Nail was highly recommended to me by a friend who loves crime novels, so I forked out the $17 required to purchase this in paperback. I would like a refund. I didn't think the main character did much, if anything, in the way of solving the crime, inst...
Just into his third book of a police procedural series, Ian Rankin decides to write a comedy! DI Rebus from Edinburgh is unbelievably called upon for help by the London police because of his supposed expertise on serial killers. This allows Rankin to make fun of both Londoners and the Scots even about such a sensitive topic as racism: “Of course, there wasn’t nearly so much racism in Scotland. There was no need; the Scots had bigotry instead.”Despite being an extra in the great metropolis, Rebus...
As a lover of British crime thrillers, I try to read all the big names. I would like to be able to say I have read most of the big ones, yet the reality is that I have read nowhere near as many as I would like to be able to claim. I’ve been trying to amend that, and my journey into Ian Rankin is an example of me trying to better myself when it comes to one of my favourite genres.For as long as I can remember, I’ve been meaning to pick up an Inspector Rebus book. It is such a well-known name – fr...
3.5 starsMy assault on this series' backlist continues. Lordie, can this really be 25 years old?
Third book in the series and I’m still enjoying it. Rebus is in London helping to catch a serial killer. It’s never really explained why he’s been requested to help, but I didn’t care. We got to see Rhona, his ex, and Samantha, his daughter. Unrealistically, Rebus finds his way around London with no problem. I still liked the book.Rankin does a great job developing a relationship between Rebus and Inspector George Flight: tentative at first and then growing respect and to friendship in the end.
Only my second Rebus book but the more Ian Rankin books I read, the better I like him. This one was a bit of brain tease— and in the best of ways. I had convinced myself I knew the identity of the current murderer on the loose in London (where Rebus has landed, slightly unceremoniously due to being both resented and nearly appreciated by his English hosts).And while the last chapter or two were a bit of a letdown (a pretty easy apprehension of the bad guy by the good guys), I really enjoyed this...
i love my Scotsman Rebus, always a good relaxing read!
Number 3 in the Rebus series and I enjoyed it very much. Rebus is in London and is quite out of his comfort zone, but still manages to be his normal bend all the rules self. And of course he has the final flash of inspiration which catches the killer. I had absolutely zero idea of who the killer was going to be. I didn't even know the gender of the person we were looking for and yet when I found out who it was I thought "Oh yes . Of course!" The mark of a good thriller writer I think. I will mos...
So, my favourite Scottish sleuth has been called down to London to help track down a serial killer. There’s a couple of mysteries here:1. Who is killing women in the capital – stabbing them and leaving bite marks on the body? 2. Why has Rebus been asked to go down south and help? Ok, he’d played a part in arresting a multiple murderer back in his own patch, but it wasn’t really the work of a serial killer.It’s really interesting to see Rebus out of his comfort zone, mixing with cockney coppers w...
On balance, I find more to nitpick at with the Rebus books than I do to praise.I don't actually mind that the main character is hard to like. His flaws make him more realistic, and I do get so tired of those leads whose weaknesses ultimately are either insignificant or so obviously tailored specifically for redemption. Rebus' flaws are significant and impactive. Unfortunately they are also eminently stock: failed marriage, awkward fatherhood, unsuccessful substance avoidance, authority issues, l...
This early entry in the Rebus series is not the best nor the worst of the books....it has its strong points such as the continuing unpleasant attitude of the detective which the author just keeps building upon as the series progresses. The weak point is the motive/identity ot the serial killer who Rebus has been seconded to London to help capture. It is one of those "pick the least likely suspect" and you have solved the case which has become a rather lame plot device in modern police procedural...
My first ever Inspector John Rebus novel. Number 3 in the series and also called The Wolfman. Rebus is drafted down to London from Edinburgh to assist Detective Flight in a serial killer case. Someone is killing women by stabbing them in the throat and deviantly stabbing them as well as biting their stomachs. Rebus arrives by train just as another murder takes place. Lots of gritty action, procedural descriptions and colorful humor as well as racism against the Scotsman. The subplot with his ex
This must be one of the silliest books I've ever read. The plot is rambling; the denoument is melodramatic and farcical; the central character, Inspector Rebus, comes over as a bit thick in his conversations with the young female psychology student who, predictably enough, ends up in bed with him; and the characterisation of the villain, a serial killer who leaves bite marks in his victims, is like something out of a pantomime.
I'm pleased I've read this book, but it does get a bit silly at times especially with the car chase at the end through some well-known tourist sights of London. Some things are hard to believe. Rebus is irresistible to Canadian female students. Would an ex-SAS man really get mugged by a kid on a skateboard even on the Churchill estate? The book is very well written though and there's some funny one liners. I will read another one of these Rebus books just to get a better balanced view.
Of all the fictional coppers I read about on a regular basis, Detective John Rebus is the least likeable. Granted, I've only just finished the third book in the series (I am reading them in order), so he may become more likeable as I progress, but right now there is nothing I like about this character. I connect on a shockingly deep level (could it be love?) with Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander, feeling a kinship with the sullen Ystad detective that I've felt with few fictional characters in my...
Tooth & Nail by Ian Rankin.This is the 3rd in the Inspector Rebus series and my 14th. I decided to hunt down Rebus's beginnings in his sleuthing career.Rebus has been called into London for his expertise in serial murderers. It seems murders have occurred in which each victim has been bitten. Hence the press has labeled him The Wolfman. George flight is the head of the investigation and is not happy about Rebus being assigned to his case. Flight shows his true colors by taking credit for any clu...
This is one of the earlier books in the Rebus series I had missed. I found it rather interesting to go back in time to when Rebus was in his 40's, assigned to a serial-killer case in London and thus able to at least visit his ex-wife and daughter living there in a fairly questionable neighborhood.Rebus is not universally welcomed by the London police force. I was not familiar with the slang utilized in identifying a Scot as "Jock" so I had to read a bit about that. Rebus was referred to in this
‘Tooth and Nail’ by Ian Rankin is number three in the Edinburgh’s Inspector John Rebus series of mysteries. I wish all mysteries could have endings like this book! Loved it! Keystone Kops would have optioned the rights to vid it.Rebus has been asked to go to London. He is representing Lothian and Borders Police, or as John's boss put it, ""No fuck ups, John."" Rebus has unexpectedly become a reputed expert on serial murderers although he truly feels mystified by why anyone would think that, espe...
Definitely the best one of the three I’ve read so far.
"Fish out of water" Rebus. Loved it. Rebus is on loan to London to help solve a serial murder case. Somehow he's now got the rep as a serial killer expert and has been called in to solve this series of heinous, brutal murders. His interactions with the London police and resentment of their "hick from the sticks" attitude towards him is classic Rebus as is his awkward concern regarding his daughter and her new "Beau" and the suspicions he has that this boy in her life is trouble. The mystery was