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The Hanging Garden

By Ian Rankin

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| Paperback | 9780752837703

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A tense and complex thriller featuring inspector John Rebus - the latest novel from the CWA Macallan Gold Dagger for fiction awardwinning team - hardcover edition reprinted within 2 weeks of publication. Rebus is buried under a pile of paperworContinue

A tense and complex thriller featuring inspector John Rebus - the latest novel from the CWA Macallan Gold Dagger for fiction awardwinning team - hardcover edition reprinted within 2 weeks of publication. Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a possible war criminal resident in Edinburgh. His immediate superiors are more than happy to have him tucked away in a quiet backwater for several months looking into ancient history. But the crime squad are forced to bring him back to the present day when a young upstart gangster, Tommy Telford, muscles in on Big Ger Cafferty's turf and Rebus's local knowledge becomes essential to the efforts to shut down Telford's business as a drug dealer, pimp and extortionist. Telford is known to have close links with a Newcastle gangster nicknamed ' Mr Pink Eyes' - a Chechen bringing Bosnian women into Britain as prostitutes. And when Rebus takes under his wing a young Bosnian vice girl it gives him 1 more reason to drive Telford into the ground. When his daughter, Sammy, is the victim of an all too professional hit and run, Rebus knows that there is nothinghe wouldn't do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford - even if it means doing a deal with the notorious Cafferty. Before he can act the waters are muddied further when the war criminal is found hanging in Warriston cemetary - now it's a murder investigation and it looks very much like it is linked to Cafferty, Telford and the whole sick crew.

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    So far this is one of the best Rebus' novel I've read, maybe the best one. John struggling in his professional life, but his personal one is worse (Sammy in trouble again...and Jack...). I think is one of the milestones of the series.

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    Max Rebus said on Sep 10, 2009 | 2 feedbacks

  • Another good Rebus novel

    I do rather like Ian Rankin - despite the genre not being one of my favourites. WW2 criminals, East European gangsters and the relationships between Rebus and his family - a pretty cracking read!

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    Liz4211 said on Aug 25, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • Good as usual.
    Rankin carries on in his mission of regularly demolishing Rebus's life only to let him try to build it back again...

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    Marco Piva said on Jul 18, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • That weird slicing feeling

    I love Rankin's Rebus series but his style is so dark. Too much razor blades and horrific knife injuries.

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    Martin Laine said on May 18, 2007 | Add your feedback

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