false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171759348m/118828.jpg 634407 26 <div>Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer, he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle... <br><br><i>Knots and Crosses</i> introduces a gifted mystery novelist, a fascinating locale and the most compellingly complex detective hero at work today.<br></div> 3127921 1987 Knots And Crosses (Inspector Rebus, Book 1) total:1066|5:169|4:450|3:367|2:72|1:8| 1066 3898 1379 121 3 2 false false Sun Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Apr 03 04:48:58 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 04:49:21 -0700 2008 Knots and Crosses is the first of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus novels, although in this one he’s still Detective-Sergeant Rebus. It’s almost impossible because of the way the plot is structured to say anything meaningful about the story without the rusk of giving away any spoilers. All I’l...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 05:23:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:35:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 02:38:02 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 14:35:20 -0700 2008
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It took me a bit to get into this one (I can't wait to see how Ranking grows as a writer through the series); it took me by surprise. It sucked me in and held on till th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 17 09:37:46 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 09:39:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 27 11:13:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 11:25:09 -0700 2008
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