A Good Hanging: Short Stories - Hardcover

Rankin, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312280270 ISBN 13: 9780312280277

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2002

Synopsis

Collects twelve John Rebus stories in a treasury that takes readers into the dark alleys and treacherous places surrounding Edinburgh, pitting the Detective Inspector against a range of evildoers. By the author of The Falls. 25,000 first printing.

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A Good Hanging: Short Stories

Review:

Audiobook of the week¿.the main pleasure of these 11 tales lies in the baroque nature of the criminal puzzles the Edinburgh copper has to solve: a student actor hanged on his own gallows; a ghost complete with stigmata; a supposed IRA assassination attempt. Macpherson played DCI Jardine in ITV's Taggart for 16 years, so is at home on this Scottish police beat, which stretches back to Rebus's early years in print (Karen Robinson THE SUNDAY TIMES)

A treat for Rebus fans who like clever mysteries served up professionally and fancy-free; unsolved likewise. It was also an unexpected treat for this reviewer, who does not read much crime, but found herself gripped by Rankin's art as a story-teller. (Melanie Reid THE HERALD)

Rankin is incapable of writing a bad story, and the four here display the usual mix of easy erudition and wit, finished off with compulsory twists. (Alison Rowat THE HERALD)

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0312280270
• ISBN 13: 9780312280277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253