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Rebus’s profligate drinking, and woeful attempts to limit his smoking habit are amusing at first, but become tedious.
Cancer used to be a taboo subject, mainly because medical science didn’t understand what cancer was. After reading four of the recent books, I am definitely hooked on the series and bought the two most recent ones, the only problem being setting them aside for now.The man appears to have overdosed, still clutching a packet of white powder -- but it turns out the powder in his hands is good stuff, while what he injected was a toxic mixture. uk/landing-page/orion/orion-company-information/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Orion Publishing Group Limited. He is corrupt, self-righteous, hypocritical, misogynistic, violent, egomaniacal, bullying, and delusional. Rebus is a man perhaps more at home with this underbelly and less comfortable with the small talk of dinner parties - I loved his weary cynicism. Some side plots in the story involve illegal dog fights, a gay character, and Rebus's ex-lover - Gillian Templer - who has a new radio DJ boyfriend.
Rebus is a character who never lets the wool be pulled over his eyes - always with an eye on the endgame. This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations.The compromise would be looking up meticulously everything incomprehensible after finishing the book. Once one starts by looking up “Electric Brae” they end up only after 5 hours by watching a Finnish documentary without subtitle.
De hecho, si la primera entrega fue una presentación del mismo, en esta segunda la trama se centra más en la investigación. Detective Inspector John Rebus finds the body of an overdosed drug addict in an Edinburgh squat, laid out cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, with a five-pointed star painted on the wall above. bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES - 'unmatched in the field of British crime fiction' THE TIMES. I also think of Rebus as fairly similar to Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly's famous LA detective - they share a lot of personal and professional traits. Without these personal relationships, the book doesn't have quite the depth of some of the later Rebus-novels, but the crime-story and solution is decent enough.If a refund is payable to you we will process the refund as soon as possible, and, in any case within fourteen (14) days. Seeing where our perspectives differ and in the main, where they meet, enriches our interpretations of the stories we read. From the point of view of looking for a great police procedural or an engaging mystery, I was singularly unimpressed (two stars at best). All evidence points towards an overdoses, except for one: the man’s body is elaborately staged, with the lower half of his body wrapped in plastic and his arms spread out as if he’s been crucified. It suits him and it suits Edinburgh, which comes more alive and is more recognisable than in the previous novel.
There is nothing about him that screams out at me, nothing that leaves me truly invested in his story.Meanwhile, Rebus' boss, Detective Superintendent Watson, has roped him in to help on an anti-drugs campaign, which lets him hob nob with the rich and powerful -- fancy lunches and parties, invitations to the most exclusive clubs. That is - though he's demanding - Rebus isn't the difficult, pushy, irascible, alcoholic, boss-hating man he becomes in later books.
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