gordonwaddell 's review for:

Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin

3.0

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Welcome return to Rebus, not quite as dark and drizzly as I remember (maybe due to the constant driving around Scotland/A9 although i twas crummy weather too). Really long for what the conclusion turned out to be - first half is pleasant reading but does not cover much ground except setup.

I like the complexity of the interplay of his role as a civilian on Cold Cases and the unlikelihood of his involvement in the missing person case.

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The one real downer on the story is his (confirmed!) gut certainty on the culprit at the end, really there was little work and justification for this and we don't need Rebus to be omniscient.

And this definitely brings it down in the star rating, maybe marginally towards a 2 even.

Nice to see Siobhan, and it was only afterwards that I learned that Inspector Fox has his own two novels (which I will probably list for reading).

And for the first time in a while (holidays!) I finished a book fairly quickly. Yah!