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Loading... Fleshmarket Close (2004)by Ian Rankin
None. Cracking. Went out and got hold of a bunch more. (  ) veracite | Apr 7, 2013 |  Skeletons in the basement of a pub, a dark-skinned man stabbed to death in a housing estate and a missing girl don't seem to have a lot in common until DI Rebus and DS Clarke get involved. Rebus and Clarke have just been moved to a new police station but there is not a lot for them to do there and when other jurisdictions ask for their help, they are allowed to go providing they return if needed. As usual with Ian Rankin's books there is lots of local colour from Edinburgh mixed in with the police procedures. At one point as I was reading, although I was physically sitting on a beach in BC I felt as though I was walking the streets with Rebus and Clarke. Much of this book was involved with refugees and illegal immigrants seeking to remain in a safe country like Scotland. It's a scary world for many people and I thank God I was born in a wonderful country like Canada. (  ) gypsysmom | Oct 4, 2012 | Strong entry in the Rebus series is a mature study of attitudes toward asylum seekers and illegal immigrants with two interwoven cases as the backdrop. The book's concluding scenes are some of the best written in the series. ( ) SteveAldous | Nov 5, 2011 | Ian Rankin  jsharvison | Sep 23, 2011 | Ian Rankin jsharvison | Sep 23, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0752865633, Paperback)An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack, or something else entirely? Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. But Rebus is that most stubborn of creatures. As Rebus investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers' detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love...Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared from home and Siobhan is drawn into helping the family, which will mean travelling closer than is healthy towards the web of a convicted rapist. Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons - a woman and an infant - found buried beneath a concrete cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. The scene begins to look like an elaborate stunt - but whose, and for what purpose? And how can it tie to the murder on the unforgiving housing-scheme known as Knoxland?(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:45:22 -0500) An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme - a racist attact, or something else entirely? Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems - his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around.… (more) |
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