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Hide And Seek

The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

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Hide And Seek

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: James Macpherson
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About this listen

 A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above.

Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists.

Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind...

Read by James Macpherson

(p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group©1991 John Rebus Ltd Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Crime Detective Suspense

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Critic reviews

There cannot be a better crime novelist writing
Rebus is a masterful creation
Ian Rankin is widely, and rightly, regarded as the leading male crime writer in Britain
Ian Rankin is a genius (Lee Child)
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Having seen an interview with Ian Rankin I decided I'd start from scratch and listen to the whole series. I really enjoyed this book and James Macpherson narrates this and the second book really well. The character continues to be developed and Edinburgh invocatively described. Thoroughly enjoyed

The first 4 covered !!!

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Enjoyed this one, just as good as the others but not one of the best. Good storyline kept me well griped. Well read the narrater really brings out the best of the story.

Another good book

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A really good story, well planned out with plenty twists to keep you guessing. Some of the accents were a bit ropey but all in all I really enjoyed this.

Great story

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I read the first one and now this one and can’t wait to get onto the third Rebus book. Very good detective thriller and excellently written by Rankin.

Fantastic

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Enjoyable, but I felt that it wasn't as good as Mr Rankin's usual writing.

James Macpherson brilliant as ever

Not up to standard

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