What secret lies hidden in John Rebus' past that does not allow him to connect the dots to realize who the killer is? Knots and Crosses introduces a gifted mystery novelist, a fascinating locale and the most compellingly complex detective hero at work today. The twelfth Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide. There's a backstory that's worked in to the investigation in a clever way but it wasn't interesting or new in itself and the denouement was weak.

Once I’d adjusted to the old Rebus, I quickly became absorbed in what is an intriguing mystery as Rebus and his colleagues attempt to chase down a child murderer. As Rebus assists with the serial killer inquiry he's unaware that a reporter, Jim Stevens, is stalking him. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons. Through the investigation of the abductions and murders of the young girls of Edinburgh, Rebus reviews his life as a policemen.But what, if anything, do the disappearances have to do with bizarre letters Rebus has been getting in the post? This is a complex and thrilling tale which Rankin described as being a modern-day interpretation of Stevenson's Dr.

The story is a sensational (and too elaborate one): a serial killer is kidnapping and then killing young girls in Edinburgh. I'd been toying with Rankin's other crime fiction work, but then it was time to read the real thing. La investigación parece quedar en segundo plano, quizá porque al ser la primera entrega de la serie el autor se ha centrado más en presentarnos al protagonista y su entorno. Everyone has something to hide A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Surprisingly, there is no evidence that the girls were sexually molested or assaulted; they are simply (if somewhat gruesomely) killed.The story serves as a good introduction to detective Rebus himself, but the plot is too simplistic and somewhat unlikely. It was very frustrating to learn the identity of the serial killer when you realize Rebus should have figured it out much sooner and been able to save more victims - if not for his pesky PTSD. And, oh yeah, another symptom is that he blacks out during sex and is either crying when he regains consciousness, or finds himself choking his partner. Ian Rankin is a genius' Lee Child 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. Como es la primera que leo del autor solo os puedo decir que la trama es sencilla, con un ritmo pausado pero constante y sin grandes giros.

There are some gaps, Rebus will need to grow into the character I’ve become familiar with, but the good news is that I’ve still got books 2 to 7 to enjoy watching him mature. Tracking down reports involving a particular model of car following the report of a citizen having seen such a vehicle in connection with the abduction of one of the victims. Detective John Rebus was trying to catch the killer of young girls – he would abduct them and not long after, the body of the girl would be found, brutally murdered, but never sexually assaulted.It was the life-force and the blood and balls of life: to cheat, to edge, to take that body-swerve at authority, to kill. He's a sad bastard in a long line of sad bastard detectives but has enough uniqueness that I'll be happy to visit him again in the future. So are you thinking to dive into Knots and Crosses and find just the umpteenth copy-and-paste thriller novel? She's working alongside Rebus on this case and becoming more involved in his personal life as the relationship builds.

He had intentionally pushed away the horror of what happened in the cells of the SAS, but he must bring back to the surface what he has tried to bury through religion, drink and the job. After sharing a quote from the novel, a friend from the UK responded it seemed I was identifying with John Rebus.

The man who begins to doubt, who shouts out against his God, looking for a response, and who gets one. Perhaps if he stopped praying, God would take the hint and stop being such a bastard to one of his few believers on this near-godforsaken planet.