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Hide and Seek (1991)

by Ian Rankin

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Series: Inspector Rebus (2)

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The second Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' DAILY MIRROR. A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists. Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind...… (more)
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Hadn't realised this was the second book—never read them in order—explains a bit though. Perfectly good Rebus outing, character hasn't really settled in yet and nor has the supporting cast. Plot is good, nice occult red herring, spirals quickly to massive conspiracy and then is seemingly reeled in as Rankin realises he needs some of Edinburgh left for the rest of the series. ( )
  hypostasise | Sep 18, 2023 |
Thoroughly enjoyable crime novel based in seedier parts of Edinburgh. Second of the Rebus novels. ( )
  cbinstead | Jul 29, 2023 |
A dead junkie is found in an Edinburgh squat, the victim of an overdose. To most cops, that’s barely worth a mention. To John Rebus, it looks like a crime.

I didn’t love the first book in Ian Rankin’s Rebus series, but was encouraged by friends to persist (they say gets better). Well, they were right. This is a better book than the first in the series. It still has its issues (two police officers Rebus works with this time are named — I’m not making this up — Holmes and Watson). But the story is more interesting and I’m tempted to continue with the series based on this book. ( )
  ericlee | Oct 24, 2022 |
I liked this one better than the first, but I'm still kind of getting to know the character. Compared to many other books I've been reading lately, Rebus seems so ordinary. But I think I'm beginning to like him more, and plan to continue the series to see how things develop with this character. ( )
  MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |
John Rebus, now a detective inspector with the Edinburgh police department, has been tapped by Superintendent Watson to head up a civilian-financed drugs program. He is told to wrap up his current cases and take things easy until meetings can be arranged, but Rebus has just come across the death of a junkie in a squat, an apparent overdose that just doesn’t smell right to him. He resolves to use his free time to dig a little deeper into the death, but soon finds that it is taking him to places, and people, he never would have imagined…. This is the second John Rebus novel, published in 1990, and featuring the gritty underbelly of Edinburgh during those years. We learn a little more about Rebus’s thought processes, and we meet DC Brian Holmes (who I assume will be Rebus’s second in later books); we also learn more about the higher (male) echelons of Edinburgh’s society, which may or may not be a good thing. I like Rebus and I’m glad to have started this long-heard-of but unread series at long last; still, if you’re a queasy reader, I’d probably give these books a miss as there is a lot of violence and, well, sordid behaviour on pretty much everybody’s part. If you’re *not* queasy, though, recommended. ( )
  thefirstalicat | Aug 20, 2022 |
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"My devil had long been caged, he came out roaring."--The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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To Michael Shaw, not before time
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'Hide!'
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The second Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' DAILY MIRROR. A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists. Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind...

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