Rebus Novel The Naming of the Dead, Book 16, (Paperback)

from gypsysmom

Well, this Rebus book, although good, didn't grab me quite as much as previous ones I have read. Having thought about it for a day I think it is because there were no references to music that I really connected with. There was music but most of it was by bands that I didn't recognize or, if I did...

from BillPilgrim

Inspector Rebus novel. Takes place in lead up, during and after a G8 conference in Edinburgh. Evidence relating to a recent murder in found at a site near the conference. Evidence of other murders is also found there, indicating a serial killer. Then, at a dinner of international big-wigs just be...

from gmmartz

The Naming of the Dead is another competent mystery in the Rebus series by author Ian Rankin. In it, Rebus and his counterpart Siobhan investigate a series of murders around Edinburgh during the period surrounding the G8 summit. As usual, Rebus isn't one for following rules, direct orders, or muc...

from fourbears

Rankin is probably my favorite mystery writer. I've read all of his John Rebus novels and this is number 17 or 18. (Most series bore me before the end.) Rebus is a contemporary hard boiled detective-these days they are police, not PIs but he's suitably anti-establishment none the less. He drinks ...

from jmcclain19

My first Rankin novel. It was slow going early on, in fact I abandoned it twice to go to other books. But I am glad that I went back to it. The novel picked up after about 100 pages and roared to the finish. DS Siobhan Clarke is a fascinating character, dealing with the internal angst of being a ...