Uprooted - Rankins (The)

Advantages: Good story, enjoyable writing and exciting ending
Disadvantages: No epilogue

...Background I'm sure most people have heard of this author Ian Rankin through the Rebus books and television series. This was however my first experience of his work. About the Author Ian Rankin was born in Fife, Scotland in 1960. He is the UK's Number 1 selling crime author. So far he has written 27 novels, of which his most successful have been the Rebus books. His first novel was indeed 'The Flood', which originally was planned for Radio 4's Short story section but was considered too long so Rankin converted it into a novel instead. He has received many awards for his work including an OBE in 2002 for his services to literature. The Storyline of the book The book is set in a small Scottish town called Carsden. Whose traditional industry of coal mining was closing down due to it being uneconomic to mine there any... Read review

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Advantages: Great storytelling
Disadvantages: Drags a bit with over padding

...I have fallen behind of late with my reading as I keep finding new authors that are fascinating. As a result, I recently checked how I was doing with Ian Rankin's Rebus books, and realised that I am, indeed, a couple behind. with this one and the subsequent 'Exit Music' to read and get up to date on. So I settled down to read The Naming of the Dead, expecting and hoping for another thoroughly good Rankin tale. And essentially I got it. Another murder case for Rebus to solve, some more bosses to annoy and a whole lot of trouble to get into is the order of the day, and not for the first time for the Scottish Detective Inspector. Set in 2005, Rankin uses the Gleneagles G8 summit to provide a backdrop to the political aspect of his tale, with protests and high levels of security for foreign dignitaries featuring quite heavily in the book... Read review

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Advantages: Fascinating, thrilling
Disadvantages: None

...‘The Falls’ is the latest in Ian Rankin’s series of crime thrillers featuring Detective John Rebus, and for me it’s one of the best. For those who don’t know, Rebus is an Edinburgh detective who drinks too much, broods too much, has too many regrets, too much stubbornness, too bad a temper and a streak of individualism which constantly lands him in hot water. He is loved and loathed in equal measure by his colleagues. ‘The Falls’ centres around the disappearance of a wealthy banker’s daughter called ‘Flip’, and the appearance of a series of tiny coffins in strange places over a period of hundreds of years. As Rebus and his adoring assistant, Siobhan Clarke, begin to look for Flip, they come to realize that she was involved in an internet role-playing game run by... Read review

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