The Hanging Garden: Library Edition

from SteveAldous

Excellent entry in the Rebus series sees Rankin delving deeply into his creation's motivation. The multi-stranded plot elements come together successfully and the ironic twist in the tail is a real stinger.

from EadieB

Detective Inspector Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a suspected war criminal. But an escalating dispute between the upstart Tommy Telford and Big Ger Cafferty's gang gives Rebus an escape clause. Telford is known to have close links with a Newcastle ...

from Romonko

Ian Rankin's writing ranks right up there with Colin Dexter and Reginald Hill in my opinion. I am a great fan of this genre of mystery and this is probably the best book that I've read so far that depicts gang rivalries and outright gang wars. Rebus finds himself drawn right into the middle of th...

from simplicimus

Nach etwa zwei Dritteln, ins Buch vertieft, fand ich: Wow, was für ein toller, erstklassiger Krimi! Kurz vor dem Ende, auf die Geschichte zurückblickend: Naja, doch da und dort etwas dick aufgetragen und nicht sehr plausibel. Auch war da und dort für die Auflösung ein "Kurzschluss" nötig, um das ...

from Romonko

Ian Rankin's writing ranks right up there with Colin Dexter and Reginald Hill in my opinion. I am a great fan of this genre of mystery and this is probably the best book that I've read so far that depicts gang rivalries and outright gang wars. Rebus finds himself drawn right into the middle of th...