The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin Hanging GardenIan Rankin‘s book The Hanging Gardenis one of his Inspector Rebus novels. You might have seen the Rebus TV series starring John Hannah?

In this book Rebus investigates two crimes. A war crime and some gangster in-fighting. Both complex, both in their way intriguing and somehow inter-related.

Rebus is a miserable bugger. Wedded to his job. Broken marriage. Recovering alcoholic. He’s a loner but of course a loner with the insight to resolve these puzzling crimes, even prevent them.

It’s set in the grimy underworld of Edinburgh and the grey setting perfectly matches Rebus’s mood.

I haven’t read an Ian Rankin novel before. He intersperses his prose with song titles which is a bit off-putting at first. Is it part of the text or a suggested accompanying playlist? Maybe they are what Ian was listening to as he wrote.
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Overall, I enjoyed the read. He sets a mean pace and I was carried along with the plot.

Worth picking up if you like crime fiction.

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