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A review by margaretpinard
Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin
3.0
I was told this was a little different from other Rebus mysteries, so as this is the only one I've read so far, take it with a grain of salt?
I really liked the way the while story was nailed to a place and time: the old case from 1995 was 6 years old, and there were references to the time, the news, the neighborhoods, the passage of that time-- all very well done.
The story itself felt a bit of a muddle by the end, since there was so much doubt and conniving that I wasn't sure who'd crossed whom, and I was more concerned with following the fast pace than with understanding the veiled references of revenge or whatever. But maybe that's my reading style more than the author's intent.
A good read, an entertaining trip to Edinb'ro', and an intro to one of the most popular police inspectors around...
I really liked the way the while story was nailed to a place and time: the old case from 1995 was 6 years old, and there were references to the time, the news, the neighborhoods, the passage of that time-- all very well done.
The story itself felt a bit of a muddle by the end, since there was so much doubt and conniving that I wasn't sure who'd crossed whom, and I was more concerned with following the fast pace than with understanding the veiled references of revenge or whatever. But maybe that's my reading style more than the author's intent.
A good read, an entertaining trip to Edinb'ro', and an intro to one of the most popular police inspectors around...