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Knots and Crosses (An Inspector John Rebus Mystery)  
Author: Ian Rankin
ISBN: 0312956738
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer, he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle...

Knots and Crosses introduces a gifted mystery novelist, a fascinating locale and the most compellingly complex detective hero at work today.





Knots and Crosses (An Inspector John Rebus Mystery)

ANNOTATION

Although scarred by his elite-corps army training, a nervous breakdown and a divorce, police detective Rebus is a dogged investigator in Edinburgh, Scotland. When a case involving a series of murders of young girls turns into a hunt for one of Rebus's old friends who has now turned into a vengeful enemy, Rebus is forced to confront his own long-repressed memories.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer, he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle...

Knots and Crosses introduces a gifted mystery novelist, a fascinating locale and the most compellingly complex detective hero at work today.

FROM THE CRITICS

Gale Research

Rankin introduced readers to Rebus with his second novel, Knots and Crosses. In this work, the detective attempts to find the murderer of several young girls with the help of his policewoman girlfriend and Jim Stevens, a reporter. A critic for Books dubbedKnots and Crosses a "well constructed, exciting" story, and a Kirkus Reviews contributor praised Rankin's "solidly drawn characters, [and] keen psychological insights."

     



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