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Let It Bleed

Inspector Rebus, Book 7

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Let It Bleed

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

Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers.

Was the Lord Provost's daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been waste paper years ago? And why on Earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office's Permanent Secretary?

Sucked into the machine that is modern Scotland, Rebus confronts the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond justice....

©2011 Ian Rankin (P)2011 Orion Publishing Group Limited Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Scotland

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I do enjoy listening to these books. However, there were times that the plot and so many characters left me confused.

Good listen

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My first Rebus novel. Took me a while to get used to not liking the lead character. But the story weaved a great web of intrigue and the cast of characters are really good. The narrator was brilliant.

Rebus is a jerk but...

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An enthralling story with excellent narration. Looking forward to the next book in the series

Superb

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Once again Ian Rankin takes the stories for real families and weaves them into a very believable narrative - Rebus is a small player in a big pond - but that does not put him off - as ever he wants to get to the truth - and justice. Once again well drawn characters inhabit this book of intrigue in high places.

'Real' Intrigue

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I read this novel years ago probably when it first came out. I have been finding it so hard to find decent audiobooks that I thought I would try this one again knowing that I would probably have forgotten most of the plot, which was indeed the case! What a treat it turned out to be, even second time around. Marvellous to listen to such a well crafted novel, full of well drawn characters and a great plot, beautifully read. The combination of great writing and great narration seems to be incredibly hard to find these days. I think I will need to revisit more of Ian Rankin’s back catalogue.

Excellent

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