Knots and Crosses

from Jiraiya

I have very little to say about this book. The major aspect that stuck to me was how, early in the book, the writer made us care and take sides via the sexual shenanigans of the few main characters. Rebus, Stevens, and Gill. I'm grateful that the faithfully present mob boss of future books isn't ...

from nwhyte

The first Rebus book introduces us to our hero, who has a Past - two Pasts, in fact: a traumatic military experience in the SAS, and a failed marriage. The two collide in spectacular fashion; it's not so much a detective novel as a psychological account of Rebus working through his own experience...

from Jim53

Knots and Crosses is the first of Ian Rankin's mysteries starring Scottish detective John Rebus. The novel begins with Rebus visiting his father's grave on the fifth anniversary of his death, and then dropping in unexpectedly on his older brother Michael. These scenes introduce Rebus to us and se...

from Lman

Finally... At long last I have read my first Ian Rankin Rebus novel - and although it wasn't at all what I expected (whatever that was) it certainly didn't disappoint. And, as the beginning of a long series, Knots & Crosses, although written over twenty years ago, is quite relevant today and is a...

from nbmars

There are some mysteries you read because they are the only things available in the airport gift shop and you are desperate; then there are those that rise above the designation of "airplane book" and are more aptly considered "crime novels." Ian Rankin's books fall into the latter category. I or...