Friday, January 4, 2013

Standing in Another Man's Grave

I quite enjoyed the return of Rebus in Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin.  Rebus was "pensioned off" from the regular police force and in this book he's working in a cold case unit, which employs retired police.  He is approached by a woman whose daughter went missing many years previously and there was a recent disappearance in the same area.  Rebus investigates and finds there are other young woman who have also disappeared in that area, so wangles his way in to the current investigation, teaming up again with Siobhan Clarke.  She has moved up since Rebus' retirement but they work well together to help solve these cases.  Rebus' methods are unconventional and attract unwelcome attention, but he get's the job done.  He's a very familiar character, smokes and drinks too much. Good read. 4/5 

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