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A Good Hanging and Other Stories (1992)

by Ian Rankin

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Series: Inspector Rebus (Short stories)

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Twelve Inspector Rebus mysteries, which include the hanging of a student during the Edinburgh Festival, an arson attack on a bird watcher, and the apparent witnessing of a miracle... If you're the kind of traveller who likes to step off the tourist trail, this is the book for you.This tape has the following stories:Seeing ThingsPlaybackConcrete EvidenceNot Provan… (more)
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A collection of short stories about Rebus, set during his earlier career when his Detective Constable is Brian Holmes - no sign of Siobhan. Some were fairly lightweight, others more serious and downbeat, such as Aud Lang Syne when Rebus is part of a team assigned to intercept a drug's bust in busy Edinburgh on New Year's Eve, or 'Sunday' where Rebus is busying himself on his day off, attempting to keep his mind off an awful event which is haunting him.

As always, I like the character of Rebus with his wry/dark humour and offbeat way of viewing things. On balance, I would award this 3 stars. ( )
  kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 |
Although I enjoy Ian Rankin's novels, in my opinion he excels at the short story. ( )
  drmom62 | Apr 21, 2023 |
Although I enjoy Ian Rankin's novels, in my opinion he excels at the short story. ( )
  drmom62 | Apr 21, 2023 |
I gotta admit - I didn't enjoy this as much as I had hoped I would. Turns out, despite being a huge Ian Rankin fan, I'm not so much a fan of mysteries in short format. Too quick, too easily resolved - not enough time for the tension to really build and so the payoff can't ever be all that satisfying.

I also don't think the short format is Mr. Rankin's strong suit.

Of course this is a must-read for any Rankin/Rebus fans, and it reads quickly - but otherwise, not one I'd recommend. ( )
  johnthelibrarian | Aug 11, 2020 |
I've not read any of Ian Rankin's Rebus books, but if this colleciton of short stories is any judge, I probably ought to. Rebus is world weary and somewhat cynical, but he is always after the truth, in whatever form that might be. There are some stories that are quite distressing, others that have flashes of humour and asides that lighten the mood. None of the stories are very in depth, but they're all engaging to a degree. ( )
  Helenliz | Apr 23, 2019 |
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Ian Rankinprimary authorall editionscalculated
Macpherson, JamesNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Teboskins, PeteCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Twelve Inspector Rebus mysteries, which include the hanging of a student during the Edinburgh Festival, an arson attack on a bird watcher, and the apparent witnessing of a miracle... If you're the kind of traveller who likes to step off the tourist trail, this is the book for you.This tape has the following stories:Seeing ThingsPlaybackConcrete EvidenceNot Provan

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Twelve terrific stories starring Detective Inspector John Rebus: 'an oustanding creation' (Daily Telegraph).

His home city of Edinburgh is not just the tartan tearooms and cobbled streets of the tourist brochures, but a modern urban conurbation with the full range of criminals and their victims -- blackmailers, peeping Toms, and more than one kind of murderer. It is a city that gives birth to crimes of passion, accident and long-hidden jealousy.
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