![]() ![]() ![]() Rebus has to figure out why the murderer has an interest in him before he can kill again, this time with a personal consequence for Rebus. It takes a while for it to dawn on him that the messages are related to the case, and that the killer has a personal interest in him. Someone is sending Rebus cryptic messages which he dismisses as a crank. I could feel sympathy for him, but at the same time be glad that I didn't have to deal with him in real life. He's an interesting character, but not a particularly likeable one. We quickly discover Rebus drinks too much, smokes too much, doesn't get on with many people and has a failed marriage behind him. We get hints of a past trauma in the army which gradually get revealed to be important to the plot. He's summoned to join the investigation into what appears to be a serial killer - a person who is abducting and murdering young girls, seemingly without motive - but gets assigned to the most tedious tasks of the team. ![]() He seems a competent cop, good at what he does but not outstanding. The main character is John Rebus, formerly in the army and SAS, now a detective with Edinburgh police. The book was a bit slow to start with, but gradually builds momentum until suddenly you're caught up in the action and just want to keep reading to find out what happens. What a great read! Very different to my normal preference for cosy mysteries, this is a much grittier style of crime writing. ![]()
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