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Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
I enjoy Ian Rankin’s books. It was my sister who introduced my mother to his work many years ago. In turn, my mother lent Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin to me and the rest is history. I think I have read every book he has written, whether as Jack Harvey or in his own …
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin
The Impossible Dead is a novel written by the Scottish crime author, Ian Rankin. He is a leading exponent of the Scottish Tartan Noir genre. His most famous character is John Rebus but this book is the sequel to a previous novel, The Complaints which follows Rankin’s more recent protagonist, Malcolm Fox. The Complaints is reviewed here: https://bookreviewstoday.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/complaints-by-ian-rankin-2/. Like …
The Complaints by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin was born in Cardenden in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland in 1960. He was educated at Beath High School and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. While working towards his PhD in Scottish Literature, he was writing novels. He did not complete his PhD. He is probably best known for his …
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