And why on earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office's Permanent Secretary?

You have agreed to be bound by the Conditions of Sale and if your bid is successful, you are legally obliged to pay for the lot you have won. Replacement plain library binding, library marks to front, pages very tanned, tidy reading copy of the first edition. bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES - 'unmatched in the field of British crime fiction' THE TIMES. Back to book two and you can see that Rebus character is not yet fully developed but again after reading books 19-22 already I am enjoying the transition to the Rebus of today.All evidence points towards an overdoses, except for one: the man’s body is elaborately staged, with the lower half of his body wrapped in plastic and his arms spread out as if he’s been crucified. The flaws stopping this from being As-new are 1 gently bumped corner, 1 corner a little less than sharp and a tiny, tiny chip to crown of dj that you need to look for. I don’t see that as full blown yet in this book, but there were some mean and hurtful comments, especially directed toward DC Brian Holmes.

My frank assessment: Apart from hindering flow of reading, looking up in 90 percent of the cases did not help much in my understanding of plot development. The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read. But I think I'm beginning to like him more, and plan to continue the series to see how things develop with this character. Rankin's attentive annotations touch on the jacket design, the writing of the book 'in my little flat in Tottenham, while I worked as a hi-fi journalist', the book's echoes of Jekyll and Hyde ('pretty much the overarching theme of the early Rebus novels . However in an otherwise well written book, repetition of this phrase makes reading experience irritating especially if the reader belongs to passionate anti-“Fair enough” group.Rebus remembers journalist Jim Stevens from Knots and Crosses, and that he has since moved to London and married a girl "half his age" - a reference to Stevens in Watchman. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. We mainly use Royal Mail Tracked 48 Service for goods which weight less then 2kg, all other goods will be delivered by a Courier.

From the point of view of looking for a great police procedural or an engaging mystery, I was singularly unimpressed (two stars at best). Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . The occult symbols on the wall attract his attention and although this is not his patch he retains an interest. In a crumbling housing development, a junkie lies dead of an overdose, his bruised body surrounded by signs of Satanic worship. If you're serious about the Rebus novels then you're going to want to but it is perfectly possible to come into the series at a later point and still derive a great deal of enjoyment from them.I enjoyed this one more as we already knew him as a character, his history was in place, and we knew what to expect from him. The corpse at the centre of the murder inquiry is that of a down and out young junkie, living -- and dying -- in utter squalor.