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Book XXVI
XXVI: Ian Rankin, The Black Book (1993) (London: Orion 1994)
By this point it feels as if some of Rebus's backstory has been forgotten - his SAS days, his brother - and here the former gets a mention and the latter returns. Patience, with whom Rebus moved in at the end of
By this point it feels as if some of Rebus's backstory has been forgotten - his SAS days, his brother - and here the former gets a mention and the latter returns. Patience, with whom Rebus moved in at the end of
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<lj-cut text="XXVI: Ian Rankin, The Black Book (1993)"><B>XXVI: Ian Rankin, <I>The Black Book</I> (1993) (London: Orion 1994)</B>
By this point it feels as if some of Rebus's backstory has been forgotten - his SAS days, his brother - and here the former gets a mention and the latter returns. Patience, with whom Rebus moved in at the end of <I<Strip Jack</I> has changed the locks on him - we clearly need a Rebus is not at home.
Here we have two plots, at some points three: a surveillance operation carried out on a taxi company which Rebus is in charge of and his rival Inspector Flower wants control of, and a fire five years ago at a hotel which damaged a gunshot victim beyond identification. Could the two (or three - third plot in a second) be connected?
Popes and religion. Bears and conveniences.
Rebus's colleague Holmes has been attacked, and going through his notebook book. Rebus thinks he has been warned off investigating the case, which Rebus is convinced links to Edinburgh gangster Big Ger and the ex-bad boy son of the local brewery. Rebus skives off the surveillance to do some digging - and finds both himself and his newly returned brother under attack. Rebus decides to get hold of a gun to defend himself - only to be caught and suspended...
This ends up with a lot of threads, and Rankin has to weave them all together. There is a certain amount of fudging, as we become aware Rebus knows stuff we don't know, but (unlike the previous volume which stayed with Rebus throughout) we also know stuff Rebus doesn't. I think Rankin stands on top of it, although there's a plot twist lifted from on of the Sherlock Holmes novels (<I>Valley of Fear</I> if I recollect correctly). Is this the end of Big Ger?</lj-cut>
By this point it feels as if some of Rebus's backstory has been forgotten - his SAS days, his brother - and here the former gets a mention and the latter returns. Patience, with whom Rebus moved in at the end of <I<Strip Jack</I> has changed the locks on him - we clearly need a Rebus is not at home.
Here we have two plots, at some points three: a surveillance operation carried out on a taxi company which Rebus is in charge of and his rival Inspector Flower wants control of, and a fire five years ago at a hotel which damaged a gunshot victim beyond identification. Could the two (or three - third plot in a second) be connected?
Popes and religion. Bears and conveniences.
Rebus's colleague Holmes has been attacked, and going through his notebook book. Rebus thinks he has been warned off investigating the case, which Rebus is convinced links to Edinburgh gangster Big Ger and the ex-bad boy son of the local brewery. Rebus skives off the surveillance to do some digging - and finds both himself and his newly returned brother under attack. Rebus decides to get hold of a gun to defend himself - only to be caught and suspended...
This ends up with a lot of threads, and Rankin has to weave them all together. There is a certain amount of fudging, as we become aware Rebus knows stuff we don't know, but (unlike the previous volume which stayed with Rebus throughout) we also know stuff Rebus doesn't. I think Rankin stands on top of it, although there's a plot twist lifted from on of the Sherlock Holmes novels (<I>Valley of Fear</I> if I recollect correctly). Is this the end of Big Ger?</lj-cut>