Hide And Seek: From the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES

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The mystery is solid, and the message the reader is left with is no surprise, but I'm still not sure that Rankin (at this juncture -- I haven't read any others but the first in the series) has a handle on exactly who he wants Rebus to become characterwise.strong writing and good dialogue :- the smart, witty and engaging conversation between protagonists kept me engrossed with the story . I suppose we've got to give it an overall rating of three stars and try another entry in the series to see if there are better pickings as far as plot goes. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons. 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 .

If a refund is payable to you we will process the refund as soon as possible, and, in any case within fourteen (14) days. The first book had moments where I considered dropping my rating down to two stars, yet this second book remained a consistent three stars throughout. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). These are the dregs, a squalid society of addicts and derelicts, people long since disconnected from a society that is preoccupied with the new businesses and the new homes bringing prosperity to a city concentrating on advertising its quality of life.The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Hide and Seek" follows the continuing life development of Inspector John Rebus along with all his ingenuity and shortcomings. I didn’t love the first book in Ian Rankin’s Rebus series, but was encouraged by friends to persist (they say gets better). So for that reason alone I find it impossible to enter the “really liking” territory with these books.