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Knots And Crosses

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

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Knots And Crosses

Yazan: Ian Rankin
Seslendiren: James Macpherson
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Özet
 And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you... '

'That sort of thing' is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad end. Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own young daughter spirited away south by his disenchanted wife, is one of many policemen hunting the killer.

And then the messages begin to arrive: knotted string and matchstick crosses - taunting Rebus with pieces of a puzzle only he can solve.

Read by James Macpherson

(p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group©1987 John Rebus Ltd Crime Fiction Dedektif Gizem Kurgu Polisiye Prosedür Traditional Detectives Gerilim Suç Korkutucu
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Ian Rankin is a genius (Lee Child)
No one in Britain writes better crime novels today
Britain's No.1 crime writer
The best and most complex thriller writer in Britain today
Rankin is the thinking man's thriller writer
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I was really looking forward to listening to this the first Rebus story but I soon found my attention wondering off. There didn't seem to be much detective work & the story just seemed to plod along. Perhaps I expected too much & I'm being a little unfair as I'm only know the Rebus character through the television series with Ken Stott. I'm not sure if I would listen to another Ian Rankin book, however on reflection I do know that he has a huge fan base with loyal readers so may well change my mind in the future & give him another try.

Disappointed

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It's been a long since I read the paperback, borrowed from a friend, with a promise that I wouldn't be disappointed. That was some understatement. It was brilliant back then and just as brilliant just now. James Macpherson's oration is perfectly crafted, bringing to life the characters so well. Simply superb.

Simply superb

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What can I say. I was expecting so much more. The story was basically a mix of too much drink, too many cigarettes, and a handful of floppy todger love scenes with a small amount of detective story thrown in for good measure. Friends tell me that the Rebus series picks up from book 2 onwards.

The narrator wasn't my cup of tea - couldn't get the image of big Clive of YouTube fame out of my head for most of it.

was hoping for more

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Good story but I felt that there was too much emphasis on Rebus's sex life in the beginning which added little to the story and put me off his character. Once into the story properly I was gripped.

Excellent crime thriller

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DS Rebus is an ex-SAS trainee haunted by his past. His marriage is over. Then his young daughter is abducted as the ‘Edinburgh strangler’ runs riot, murdering four girls. Slowly we learn about Rebus’s personal history and colourful family background. His brother Michael is a stage hypnotist. Rebus gets involved with a fellow officer who’s been seconded to the force PR dept. I came to the first Rebus having read the later titles in the series first, so it was jarring to see him as a relatively young man. The sex scenes were... frequent. And pretty graphic. It’s clear the series has improved as it has progressed. At times, Knots and Crosses does feel a little ‘by numbers’. But there’s a rawness and brutality to it that keeps it interesting, and more reflective passages about the duality of Edinburgh - its dark side - which would become a running theme; and about the nature of police work. It never bores, and in some ways the simplicity of the story is refreshing after the multi-layered plotting of later Rebus novels. For a debut, it is impressive. Watch out for the tribute to Rankin’s inspiration, Laidlaw, the fictional detective created by William McIlvanney. Knots and Crosses is a fascinating listen for Rebus fans who started later on in the series, though far from the best novel. For my money, that’s Black and Blue, though the most recent Rebus, A Song for the Dark Times. is also excellent. The narration here is clear, and there’s a bit of acting in there - notably in the sex scenes. But maybe it’s a good thing there are fewer of them in the titles that followed ...

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