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From bestselling Ian Rankin, winner of the 1997 CWA GOLD DAGGER for fiction for BLACK & BLUE the three Jack Harvey novels, gathered together in one omnibus volume.
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WITCH HUNT, BLEEDING HEARTS, BLOOD HUNT: Three thrillers by mega-seller Ian Rankin, writing as Jack Harvey 'Rankin's ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome' Time Out 'His fiction buzzes with energy ... Essentially he is a romantic storyteller in the tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson ... His prose is as vivid and terse as the next man's yet its flexibility and rhythm give it a potential for lyrical expression which is distinctively Rankin's own ... Rankin controls the material with extraordinary authority and even delicacy ... Rankin ranks alongside P.D. James and Michael Dibdin as Britain's finest detective novelist' Scotland on Sunday 'Rankin's prose is understated, yet his canvas of Scotland's criminal underclass has a panoramic breadth. His ear for dialogue is as sharp as a switchblade. This is, quite simply, crime writing of the highest order' Daily Express
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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I wonder if the 3-star average rating these books have been given is because readers are expecting fully fledged Ian Rankin? I'm a Rankin/Rebus fan and have followed his/their career avidly, but what's interesting is the way Ian Rankin has matured and improved as a writer over the years. The Jack Harvey novels are early stuff and you will be disappointed if you're expecting deep psychological dramas of the later Rebus period. They are, however, more than competent, readable, enjoyable thrillers. If you have a long train journey, are in hospital with a broken leg or your flight to Spain is delayed by 6 hours, you will find the time passing effortlessly with these books. There's a high body count,espionage, professional assassins, government security scares, the occasional romance and the added bonus of Rankin's humour and style.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Witch Hunt: Classic story of who is going to win the mind game fight. Harvey's (Rankin's) knowledge of European intelligence agencies adds to the intrigue and believability of the entire story.
Bleeding Hearts: What else is more appealing in a book than having a cool, cold meticulous assassin versus a bad good-guy?.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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After reading all three stories which all had interesting characters,the American detective Hoffer in Bleeding Hearts was very good, as was the ex SAS soldier in Blood Hunt. But some of the story lines were right out of fantasy land,as in Blood Hunt.I could not imagine five street wise "Boys from the Hood" born and bred in L.A.one a Red Indian not getting a second glance in down town Mallaig in the Highlands of Scotland not with all the cannons they were carrying?.I found some of the endings e.g. Bleeding Hearts and Blood Hunt similar and stupid. But thank goodness Ian Rankin kept on writing , because without him we would not have Rebus.
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