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    Mortal Causes
    Mortal Causes
    Mortal Causes
    Audiobook9 hours

    Mortal Causes

    Written by Ian Rankin

    Narrated by Michael Page

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    About this audiobook

    In Edinburgh you're never far from a peaceful spot, or from a hellish one either. Now, in the heart of summer, in the midst of a nationalist festival, Inspector John Rebus is on the murder case of a young man left hanging in a spot where his screams would never be heard. To find the victim's identity—and his killer—Rebus searches from Edinburgh's most violent neighborhood to Belfast, Northern Ireland—amongst petty thugs, gunrunners, and heavyweight criminals. But before Rebus can get to the truth, he's bloodied by the dream of society's madmen—and staring into the glint of a killer's eyes.

    Once again, Ian Rankin has demonstrated his incredible crime writing skills in Mortal Causes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 12, 2013
    ISBN9781480523647
    Mortal Causes
    Author

    Ian Rankin

    Ian Rankin is the worldwide #1 bestselling writer of the Inspector Rebus books, including Knots and Crosses, Let It Bleed, Black and Blue, Set in Darkness, Resurrection Men, A Question of Blood, The Falls and Exit Music. He is also the author of The Complaints and Doors Open. He has won an Edgar Award, a Gold Dagger for fiction, a Diamond Dagger for career excellence, and the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to literature. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.

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    • 5/5
      This john Rebus series is getting better and better. This is the sixth book in this long-running series and I enjoyed it. I love the "other look" that we get of Edinburgh and some of its underground life. Rebus is called in to work with a special police branch when a brutally tortured body is found in an old underground shop. This leads him into extremists and a ton of danger. He even makes a trip to Belfast to try to figure this one out. I love the character of John Rebus. He seems so real and authentic it almost feels like reading true crime. These books have a lot of blood and realistic and chilling villains. This is totally different than most of the British police procedurals I have read, and still do love in their way. But I am fascinated with Rebus. Rankin's writing is brutal, and he holds back nothing. Love it!
    • 4/5
      Just to get you into the mood of the book, the first scene in Mortal Causes is of a man being tortured to death. His body is found not long later in one of Edinburgh's underground streets, that was closed for building work. Inspector Rebus is soon on the case, but then the Scottish Crime Squad and also Special Branch from London are taking an interest. Is it connected to the bomb threats that have been coming in frequently recently? With the Edinburgh festival in full swing, there's even more pressure for quick results...This is Ian Rankin's 6th Rebus novel, and like the others it is excellently written and a great read. Although you always want to know what happened and who was involved, you want to know more what Rebus is going to do (including what trouble he lands himself in!), and how he's going to find out what happened. This is a little different from many of his other books, as he spends quite a lot of time away from St. Leonards station, working from police headquarters at Fettes (where he is seconded to), so DS Holmes and Siobhan Clarke only make relatively brief appearances, which is a shame. Despite this, the book is at least as enjoyable as other Rebus novels.
    • 4/5
      I initially found it difficult to settle into - I'm still not sure that I know the ins and outs of the plot and I still have little understanding of 'the troubles', but towards the end of the book I really got engrossed in the story. The pace of the book was steady until about two-thirds of the way in, then it started to pick up and there was more clarity about the way the investigation was heading. All the loose ends were tied up and I ended up with a favourable impression of the book.