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Mortal Causes: Inspector Rebus, Book 6 [Audio Download]

by Ian Rankin (Author), James Macoherson (Narrator)
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  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited
  • Audible Release Date: 3 Jan 2007
  • Language: English
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered, in Edinburgh's buried city. Inspector John Rebus, ex-army, spots a paramilitary link.

It is August in Edinburgh, the Festival is in full swing. No one wants to contemplate terrorism in the thronging city streets. Special Branch personnel are interested, however, and Rebus finds himself seconded to an elite police unit with the mission of smashing whatever terrorist cell may exist. But the victim turns out to be a gangster's son, and the gangster wants revenge on his own terms.

©1994 Ian Rankin; © and (P)2001 Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
Having been drawn into the Inspector Rebus series through "Rebus: The Early Years", particularly "Knots & Crosses" and "Tooth & Nail", and the underrated "A Good Hanging and other stories", "Rebus: The St Leonard's Years" was an automatic purchase for me.

The three novels, "Strip Jack", "The Black Book" and "Mortal Causes", improve on the previous books with only "Strip Jack" being a slight disappointment The other two are real page turners, as we follow Rebus in pursuit of the "truth" behind each case.

With each book Rankin seems to become ever more comfortable with Rebus as a character, and the complexity of the plot and the number of characters increases. Characters from the earlier books also make welcome reappearances, giving the series real continuity.

The strength of the series for me is the way Rankin dangles the clues in front of Rebus and the reader, making you want to solve the case yourself (I haven't done so since "Knots & Crosses"!) and keep reading. If the next 3 books in the series show the same improvement I can't wait to read them.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Completely Hooked 12 Dec 2003
Format:Paperback
Rebus is deeply addictive and grows more interesting with every book. I've worked my way through the more cut-and-dried novels of the Early Years and have just moved swiftly through these "Three Great Novels". For the moment I don't think I can easily envisage inhabiting any other world than this dour Scot's. I was much amused by the section in Strip Jack where he finds an old lady who keeps the phone box near her house as a miniature version of her own starched front parlour - a nice piece of human observation - if you are the nearest house to the phone box and it is ill kept it reflects badly upon you. The remote Scottish hamlet where my grandparents lived featured just such a phone box complete with busy-body crone who kept the directory in her house - you'd have to knock on her door and tell her the name you wanted and she would go and look it up and then give it too you on a wee scrap of paper. My mother always said she was a great loss to the intelligence services, although her surveillance was far from discreet. I wonder whether Rankin knows this same village or if it is a particular highland phenomenon. Great fun though, in a dricht and drear kind of way.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my first exposure to Ian Rankin and to the Rebus character. I am a big fan of P.D. James and these stories are on a par.
From the off both the storylines and the Rebus character are developed in an interesting and sustained way. Each book gets better and more complex, with very good continuing arcs and strands.
I have since bough just about all Rankin's other books and am enjoying them immensely.
Thoroughly recommended.
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3 Great Books In One!
I bought this combi book after getting addicted to the Rebus novels and decided to buy one (albeit large) book to save money on 3 separate books and p&p. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Laurenlam
Great buy.
I have only just become a convert to Rebus and am attemting to read the set in chronlogical order. Getting 3 books in one at such a good price has got to be really good value. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Ian Cameron
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I am a great fan of Ian Rankins novels and this trilogy is up to his usual high standard.
Published 20 months ago by paul
Rebus ST leonards THe Early Years
Thouroughly enjoyed this compilation, hard to put down. First time I have read Ian Rankin as only ever watched Rebus the TV series. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by G. T. Woolsey
I wouldn't buy three books in one again
I enjoy reading Ian Rankin and i am sure i will love these books.I just wish i had purchased them separately because i do most of my reading before i go to sleep and this book... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2009 by C. Grieveson
Overrated?
Is Ian Rankin and Rebus overrated? I'm never sure he's the genius that some would have you believe ... but a good read all the same.
Published on 25 Jun 2009 by Frids
excellent reading and great value for money
three terrific books which I thoroughly enjoyed. First time I ever read Rankin, but I think I shall read more. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2008 by Jenny PT
Rankin is GOD
Great read. I started the Rebus collection with Set in Darkness and could not stop , i had to go and buy every other book in the series and haven't been let down. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2002 by M. R. Mccafferty
Three of Rankin's finest in one book
Once again Rankin surpasses himself. Books four, five and six in one volume. Extremely good value for money (especially if you're Scottish!). Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2002
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