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Dead Souls: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus #10)

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Weary, wary, hard-drinking Detective John Rebus returns in author Ian Rankin's internationally acclaimed, award-winning series. As complex and unpredictable as the brooding mists that envelop his Edinburgh beat, Rebus is ever resourceful and determined-but this time, vulnerable and challenged as never before, with complications in his personal life, and events that shake h...more

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Published March 2nd 2010 by Minotaur Books (first published January 1st 1999)

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Apr 20, 2010 Joyce Lagow rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

#10 in the Inspector Rebus series.[return][return]The book opens with the seeming suicide of one of Rebus� young colleagues who is also a friend, and a chase by Rebus in the zoo after a convicted pedophile who has been newly released from prison. To complicate his life even further, a serial killer who has been released from an American prison on technicalities having to do with his trial, is being returned to his � home� in Edinburg; he is considered nearly certain to kill again, but there is n...more

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Feb 18, 2013 RJ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, mystery, u-k

Strong entry in the Rebus series. A released pedophile becomes the target of Inspector Rebus, but things may not be as black and white as they seem. An old flame from Fife sees Rebus about her missing son who disappeared after clubbing in Edinburgh. To add to things a sadistic criminal is exported back from the U.S. to Scotland, and becomes a deadly nemesis to Rebus.

Fifth in the series that I've read (not in order) and here are some other things of note:

- Rebus' lady friend Dr. Patience is flesh...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Ian Mapp rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Better than the last one - where the missing family friend from death is not the end is embellished considerably into one of three plots. The other two concern the suicide of a distinguished copper and the return to edinburgh of an american based serial killer. The first story is fine, the second is far fetched and the third is crap beyond belief.

Rankin seems to be touching on two themes here... the impact of disapperance and whether evil is inherent or learned from former abusers or hereditary....more Better than the last one - where the missing family friend from death is not the end is embellished considerably into one of three plots. The other two concern the suicide of a distinguished copper and the return to edinburgh of an american based serial killer. The first story is fine, the second is far fetched and the third is crap beyond belief.

Rankin seems to be touching on two themes here... the impact of disapperance and whether evil is inherent or learned from former abusers or hereditary.

So what do we have. Rebus starts off in Eburgh zoo with a hangover. There is a poisoner. He spots a peadophile (Darren Rough) in the grounds and gives chase, ending in the seal enclosure.... missing the poisoner who he was supposed to be watching!

Rebus takes on an investigation for old school friends into the disappearance of a young man from a rose street nightclub. Here is a chance to delve into Rebus past, concentrating on the time before he joined the army. Quite unsympathetic treatment of rebus here, as he lets his old school friend down in a fight and then encourages the modern day relationship with his former lover, whilst being friendly with her husband.

Rebus is further given a bad rap by outing Darren Rough, causing him to go on the run and eventually be murdered. A pressure group (GAP) springs up which reminds me of the groups that were hilariously depicted in "A big boy did it and ran away" by Brookmyre.

Rebus changes his mind on this when he learns that Rough was himself abused at a catholic school, where there was two know abusers (currently on trial) and one unknown. This unknown turns out to be the father of the good suicide cop.

He committed suicide because he felt he was going the same way as his father, who abused his sister, whom commited suicide. Guess what happens when Rebus confronts the father. Yep. He committs suicide. Fucking hell Rankin.

This subplot is nowhere near as chessy as the Convicted american serial killer who is writing his life story with Jim Stevens (remember him) in a Edinburgh hotel. This fella ends ups killing stevens, attacking a former policeman who is investigating him for an old edinburgh murder and trying, on two occassions, to kill rebus. Not at all fucking likely, especially when the only crime he is charged with is the attack on the ex-policeman.

So many, many threads. Rebus back on the piss and (emotionally) cheating on the returning Patience. Edinburgh and surrounding areas are back in abundance and there is even a reference to Grangemouth, as well as many to George Street.

And the conclusion of the best story...... the lad was attacked at a party on a boat and it was assumed that he swam back to shore. Someone has been using his cashpoint card, but he is never actually found.

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Dec 11, 2012 Jeremy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ever since I saw the BBC documentary charting Ian Rankin writing a novel I consider these tales in a different way. In that documentary Ian said that he sometimes gets to page 430 and realizes that there was some other person who "could have done it". No longer do I expect the tale to unravel in a planned way and that only adds to the enjoyment of Rankin's books. In this book one of Rebus's pals leaps to his death (or does he?)from an Edinburgh landmark at the same time that a time served pedoph...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Stanley Hopcroft rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I thought this one of the better Rankin books because it managed almost escape from the whodunnit tedium into displaying some degree of feeling for the victims: those left for dead because no one cared enough, or those condemned to mistreatment because they had offended.

It is a busy story dealing with the presumed runaway Damon, Damon's mother (Rebus's childhood girlfriend), the presumed child molester Darren, the revealed child molesters in the dock, Oakes who has come back to to payback his st...more

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Aug 02, 2010 Rowland Bismark rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dead Souls offers both souls and bodies that are dead. As usual, there's a lot threatening to deaden John Rebus' soul, but he soldiers on; one of the more impressive aspects of this novel is how precariously he's balanced, always so near going over the edge. "I think something's gone bad inside you", an acquaintance diagnoses early on, and for much of the book Rebus himself isn't so sure that she's wrong.

A colleague isn't as lucky (or strong ?) as Rebus, literally going over an edge (a cliff, in...more Dead Souls offers both souls and bodies that are dead. As usual, there's a lot threatening to deaden John Rebus' soul, but he soldiers on; one of the more impressive aspects of this novel is how precariously he's balanced, always so near going over the edge. "I think something's gone bad inside you", an acquaintance diagnoses early on, and for much of the book Rebus himself isn't so sure that she's wrong.

A colleague isn't as lucky (or strong ?) as Rebus, literally going over an edge (a cliff, in fact): the book begins with Jim Margulies' death, an apparent suicide. And coincidence would have it that one of the criminals that really got to both Rebus and Margulies, the paedophile Darren Rough, is back in town. Rebus encounters him at the zoo (where Rebus is meant to be on the lookout for an animal-poisoner), and soon enough Rough becomes a bigger part of his life than he might have wanted. Letting the neighbours know who the new man is in one of Edinburgh's rougher council estates is enough to pretty much ruin Rough's life -- but that turns out not be quite as satisfying as Rebus had hoped.

One reason Rough is back in town is because there is a big paedophile trial going on, and he might testify. Even Rebus is called into court, though he was only peripherally involved in the case. But child molestation seems to be in the air, almost everywhere he turns.

One thing that can get his mind off that is a serial killer. Cary Oakes, just released from prison in the United States and deported back to the UK, is just the thing. A psychopath, all the indications are that he will kill again -- and the Edinburgh police are none too pleased when he decides the first place he'll settle down in is their patch. But he's a free man, and beyond a bit of surveillance there's not much they can do. Rebus is one of the men assigned to watch him -- a job that's all the more fun because the exclusive rights to Oakes' story have gone to none other than the old Rebus-foe, journalist Jim Stevens. He wants to hole up with Oakes and get the story out of him, but Oakes has plans of his own -- and the means to carry them out. He entertainingly plays Stevens (and quite a few other people) for the fool, and though the character is quite a bit over the top it does make for considerable menace and suspense.

Finally, Rebus also gets drawn into a missing persons case: the nineteen year-old son of Janice and Brian, an old flame and a friend from the old neighbourhood, has simply disappeared. He tries to help out, getting drawn back into the old neighbourhood he escaped from.

Rebus' personal life also isn't going all too brilliantly. He pops in on wheelchair-bound daughter Sammy occasionally, but she's fairly independent. Rebus sort of lives with Patience, but that doesn't seem to be going too well, as he seems to spend more days sleeping elsewhere. And Janice threatens to allow him a nostalgic wallow that probably wouldn't be good for him either. Ah, yes:

Ama, Hannah, Katherine ... Sammy, Patience, Janice ... The never-ending dance of relationships and criss-crossings which took up so much space in his head. The party that never stopped, the invitations guilt edged.

Life and death in Edinburgh. And space still left over for a few ghosts, their numbers increasing.

Fortunately, Rankin doesn't get over-explicit like this too often, generally conveying Rebus' tormented inner self more subtly (and effectively).

Interfering Oakes, who knows way too much about everything, adds a good deal of excitement, especially when he latches on to Rebus and toys with him.

There are more deaths, and the various cases -- Margulies' suicide, Rough, Oakes, and the missing teenager -- are all resolved. Rankin overdoes it with some of what happens leading up to the resolutions -- Oakes, in particular, is just too bad to be true -- but everything is tied up particularly well, making for a satisfying (if not exactly happy) end.

Despite too much that is too simple or too sensational, and Rankin not showing enough patience with some of the detail (the book is packed with actions, events, and encounters), this is a very good mystery-thriller, a fine entertainment.
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Feb 17, 2013 Sundarraj Kaushik rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another page turner from the master of Scottish thrillers, more specifically Edinburgh thrillers. Book has four threads.

The first one is a missing person which Rebus tries to solve because of personal connects with the parents of the missing person. The mother has been an ex of Rebus during his high school days.

The second thread is about a pedophile who has been released after the period of his incarceration and has been settled among others in the society. Rebus tries to get him hounded out of...more

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Dec 27, 2012 Peggy Bonnington rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Peggy by: Judith Burke recommended Rankin in general, not this particular book

Shelves: brit-lit, crime-fiction, mystery-detective, scotland

This is my first Ian Rankin mystery, and I have ended up enjoying it. I've been a fan of British crime fiction for a while, but admittedly women writers like Jacqueline Winspeare, Dorothy L Sayers and Louise Penny (OK, Canadian). I just happened to end up with a second hand copy of Dead Souls first, following a friend expert in the genre recommended Rankin - afterwards discovering that a few readers think this one doesn't meet his usual standards. I will have to try other earlier ones to compare...more This is my first Ian Rankin mystery, and I have ended up enjoying it. I've been a fan of British crime fiction for a while, but admittedly women writers like Jacqueline Winspeare, Dorothy L Sayers and Louise Penny (OK, Canadian). I just happened to end up with a second hand copy of Dead Souls first, following a friend expert in the genre recommended Rankin - afterwards discovering that a few readers think this one doesn't meet his usual standards. I will have to try other earlier ones to compare for myself on that.

Meanwhile I started out thinking it a three-star book for a different reason: it just seemed so obtuse and difficult to get into initially. Multiple stories, some relating to each other more than others, are introduced so piecemeal and jumping about in unrelated snippets; a multitude of characters, several with similar names difficult to differentiate; along with a sort of exaggerated Brit/Scot street slang all worked to make the first fifty pages almost unintelligible to me. Each time I picked the book up I'd need to review what I'd already read to remind myself who was who, whether the character presently in the spotlight had previous mentioning; or I'd be bogged down attempting to decipher the "abbrevs" (to coin one myself!) serving as typical language of the roughish characters forming the narrative: inspectors, establishment owners, street people, cabbies, dockers, etc. I did have a bit of a heads up advantage in having a British cousin who speaks somewhat in that mode. My feeling was that, for instance you might take a break to smoke a "ciggie" once or twice - but never refer to it as a cigarette? And "fag" doesn't count. That's just one example of many.

However, I did get into Dead Souls finally, learned the multitudinous characters and their fit into the narrative enough to progress more smoothly in the reading - and get hooked in the story and the various interweaving of parts I did! Enough that I was barely able to put the book down for the last day and a half of reading - and enough to want to give Rankin another try for sure. The initial difficulties mentioned, especially the "hard" language (not just hard as in difficult but as in rough, not literarily well wrought or aesthetic) keeps my rating a four though.(less)

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Sep 04, 2012 Jill rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Rebus story moves on and just gets darker with each book. These are not "feel good" stories and the continuing characters in the series have weaknesses and secrets and the ghosts of the past are haunting them all. In this entry,as in most of the Rebus books, there is a lot going on and none of it provides easy answers for Rebus and his mates. He is assigned to watch the comings and goings of a recently released and very clever serial killer who is also suspected in the murder of the niece of...more

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Oct 04, 2009 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A great followup to The Lost Symbol, this book is Dan Brown's opposite in almost every way.

Characters: There are people that talk like real people. They don't lecture. They have complex motivations. Most are sympathetic and not sympathetic, all in one person. Amazing.

Plot: At least four seemingly disparate stories are woven together. Progress is made in some while others stall. There are false starts along the way.

The only thing I didn't like about this book is that one of the subplots has a pa...more

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Jul 14, 2010 Nicholas Whyte rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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One of the better Inspector Rebus novels (I do need to check back and see how often I have used that phrase). A returning psychopath, establishment paedophiles, and a long-lost ex-girlfriend infest Rebus's life, and knowing that the law may never succeed in delivering justice is starting to gring him down. It's also a very interesting novel about parenthood - Rebus and his daughter, still recovering from the injuries she sustained in the last book; his e...more

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Oct 02, 2011 Neil rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I saw this on my shelf as I was casting about for some light reading on a trip to London and Edinburgh, I knew it was the right pick. Rankin didn't disappoint. My reading of this series has been very incomplete, but I don't think it's that critical to read Rebus in order. Although I don't find Edinburgh nearly as grim of a place as this series might have you believe, I still had to appreciate the way in which Rankin captures the city. I went hiking on Arthur's Seat, where this novel begins...more

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Feb 08, 2013 Mike Gabor rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I haven't read a Rebus novel that I haven't enjoyed but this one is so far the best. Rebus is really multi-tasking in this one. He's outing a pedophile, looking for the son of an old flame, also trying to figure out what's going on with a recently released killer. But, this book is much more than Rebus trying to solve these crimes. We learn about Rebus' teen years, the girl that got away, the friend he felt that he let down. It really shows why Rebus is the way he is today. It also shows him won...more

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Jun 18, 2010 Sonia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Dead Souls has Rebus come face-to-face with his past while dealing with his daughter in a wheel chair. Here is a book that puts forward more questions than it answers. And who is to say that there is any one answer for these questions. Who becomes a paedophile or a serial killer? If the answer lies in what was done to him in his childhood, then is he at all responsible for his actions? Is it possible for a paedophile or a serial killer to change his ways? Can and should a society accept and supp...more

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Oct 29, 2010 Shirley Schwartz rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I found this book's plot to be a bit loose and disjointed and it left some unanswered questions. It alsohad me questioning how we got to a particular point at times. But the Rebus character is still great. I like the way Rankin depicts his uncertainties and foibles. While we read of these we never lose sight of the fact that he is a very brilliant copper. I didn't much care for one of the villains in this book and I didn't like how that particular thread was left at the end of the book because I...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Charlie Wade rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This year I've been trying to read the Rebus novels in order. Dead Souls was certainly one of the better ones, though my favourites so far remain Black and Blue and Mortal Causes.

Dead Souls sees Rebus take on four cases at once. A personal favour to an ex-girlfriend who's son has gone missing, the murder of a paedophile, a serial killer released from prison in the US and the seemingly mysterious suicide of a fellow detective. In true Rebus style, the cases become intertwined and as always, Rebu...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Eugenia O'Neal rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, scotland

When the United States deports a convicted murderer back to Scotland, Rebus must figure out what the man is up to before he can kill again but a recently released pedophile, a friend's suicide and a missing boy means my favorite Detective Inspector has a lot on his plate. In this book, the sins of more than one father (or father figure) are visited on the children in a complex exploration of guilt, violence and personal responsibility. Nothing is black or white and moral certitude can sometimes...more

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Mar 16, 2012 Manda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012

I enjoyed this book a lot, probably due to the many story strands that are weaved together. The book isn't an easy read - in part as I am not a non-Scottish person or familiar with Edinburgh, but also beacause there so many stories happening, all including so many people. I did enjoy the exercise of remembering what was happening in each tale, and guessing if there would be any overlap, and if so, where it may occur. Inspector Rebus is also an interesting character, I enjoyed being in his compan...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Francesco Galdieri rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: letteratura, inglese, giallo

Un classico poliziesco, con il classico ispettore solitario, burbero ma che cattura all'istante la simpatia del lettore e il classico serial killer. Ma molto ben scritto. Rankin � scozzese e riesce a catapultare il lettore nelle piogge e nelle nebbie di Edinburgo, gi� affascinanti di loro, intrecciando la vicenda principale con diverse altre, tutte molto accattivanti e coinvolgenti. Il commissario Rebus non � infallibile, non � l'eroe senza macchia e senza paura, � invece carico dell'umanit� che...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Diana Lang rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: english, krimi

Rankin wirft gleich zu Beginn wieder mehrere Bälle in die Luft: der Serienmörder, der nach einigen Jahren im Gefängnis von den Amis zurück nach Schottland geschickt wird; der junge und erfolgreiche Kollege von Rebus, der für alle völlig unverständlich Selbstmord begeht; ein Kinderschänder, der eine Wohnung in einem kinderreichen Stadtteil erhält und ein verschwundener Sohn.

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Obwohl es sicher spannendere Krimis gibt, hält Rankin die Spannung gekonnt aufrecht, indem er von Schauplatz zu Sch...more

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Aug 05, 2011 Rebecca rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My 4th Rankin and, dispite other comments, I really enjoyed this one. The different layers of the plot, twisting together was a refreshing change to the more linear narrative that Rebus follows. There were more gaps in the narrative where things were left unsaid, leaving the reader to fill in the gaps - even though guessing was simplicity itself.

As with all Rebus novels I've now read, it is the under current of thoughts on society that always gets me. The novels leave me dwelling on the way our...more

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Nov 15, 2010 Dorothy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: police-procedurals, modern-day-mysteries

After recently visiting the Edinburgh of Isabel Dalhousie in "The Careful Use of Compliments", I decided to linger a while. I've always liked Edinburgh, but I felt that I wanted to see a different side of it than the all thought and little action world of Isabel. Well, John Rebus is just the chap for that! No one could accuse him of living in a world of little action. As for thought, Rebus thinks a lot and usually gets to the answer to his problems in the end, but he is also known to act hastily...more After recently visiting the Edinburgh of Isabel Dalhousie in "The Careful Use of Compliments", I decided to linger a while. I've always liked Edinburgh, but I felt that I wanted to see a different side of it than the all thought and little action world of Isabel. Well, John Rebus is just the chap for that! No one could accuse him of living in a world of little action. As for thought, Rebus thinks a lot and usually gets to the answer to his problems in the end, but he is also known to act hastily and without much thought at times. That usually comes back to bite him and it does again in this book. The victims of his hastiness are the "dead souls" who haunt him.

This is one of the darker Rebus tales (not that any of them are especially light!) involving, as it does, pedophiles (who may or may not be linked to the Church), the suicide of a colleague, a psychopathic serial killer, and a bittersweet trip down memory lane as he is drawn into the search for a missing person, son of two of his classmates in school. Scotland is a small country and Edinburgh still has something of a village culture. You just know that somewhere along the way all these disparate stories are going to intersect and the result will probably not be pretty. But it will be entertaining.

Ian Rankin has created a compelling fictional figure in John Rebus. He is, at his core, a deeply moral character, but he has lost much of his faith, along with many friends and family members, along the way. Drink is his anesthetic of choice and he seems to require more and more of it to ease his pain. This cannot be leading to a good place.

I have enjoyed all of the Rebus novels, but I must say this is my favorite of the lot so far. The writing is crisp, the plotting is tight, and the main character seems more fully realized here than in any of the previous books, and none of them were half-bad either. The ending of the book left me wanting to get on to the next chapter in the story, and so I think I may linger in Edinburgh just a bit longer. (less)

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Feb 02, 2012 caty rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While looking for another criminal, Rebus stumbles across a convicted pedophile and sets his sights on starting a new case. Meanwhile, a serial killer has just been release and expedited to Edinburgh and he wants to play some games.

OK, this was third time lucky getting into this book. A few years ago I got really into the Rebus books and flew through the first 9 and the novella and then hit a wall getting into this one. I’m glad I ended up taking a break and now I don’t know why I couldn’t get i

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Sep 21, 2010 Ian rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I just couldn't get into this book. It was recommended to me through the local book store clerk and when I purchased it I did not realize it was in a series. That being said, it felt to me to be like an out of order episode of a very typical crime serial. You have the alcoholic, haunted detective (yawn), the dead ex-partner and an old flame from long ago. The only thing that got me through this book were the occasional glimpses of good writing, and a desire not to be bested by the author.

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Apr 22, 2012 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was a bit confused by this Rebus novel at first as part of the story is built on a short story that I had already read, once I realised this though I managed to put that aside, it's a bit annoying though as I felt I knew some of what was going to happen, the book does get a lot deeper than the short story did eventaully though.

This is another solid Rebus novel and a pretty exciting one at that with a serial killer released from an American prison returning to Edinburgh. I always enjoy Rebus ta...more

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Oct 31, 2012 Ted rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Almost gave this 5 stars. Still want to be able to give 1/2 stars. 4 1/2 for sure. My favourite Rebus so far. Ian Rankin just gets better with each story. The brilliance of a Rebus novel is the multiple cases all occuring at once. And just like Rebus, you don't know how or if they fit together. What I enjoyed even more about Dead Souls was the further developemnt of the character of Rebus himself with a lot more of his background revealed than in previous stories. An excellent story but if you'r...more

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Aug 15, 2012 J rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

CONTAINS SPOILERS.

The book contains some entertaining propositions:

Rebus is tormented by the plight of his daughter, rendered disabled in a traffic accident.

Rebus takes out some of his personal wrath on a man who had served time for molesting children, but was innocent in the specific moment that Rebus mistakenly goes after him.

A young-ish up-and-coming police officer commits suicide because he fears turning into a child-molesting predator like his own father.

The plot turns and characters kept m...more

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Feb 02, 2010 Cat rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Lover's of English crime writing

I love Ian Rankin's books. Rebus is such a gritty, complex, tortured person, very realistic. He drinks too much, he gets into trouble with his boss, he makes mistakes; you can relate to him totally. Again it illustrates the differences between American and English crime writing, which I always appreciate.
This books starts a bit slowly but inevitably it sucks you in until you can't put it down. Great read.

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Aug 27, 2012 Searight rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was a really great Rebus novel. It has several story lines which do intersect: a missing person case, a cop's suicide, a pedophile case and a convicted murder comes back to Scotland.

It discusses the idea of justice versus truth and whether or not people can change. Are criminals made or born? Is it a combination of both? It was very thought proking. I enjoyed it.

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Dec 09, 2011 Julia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I actually read this before but could not remember it. I did after the first few paragraphs but had no idea what would happen after the first few pages and could barely recall any details. This should not work in the book's favour but it actually does.

This was not a particulartly helpful review but it will help me remember I've read this twice now!

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Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into twenty-two languages and are bestsellers on several continents.

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