The Falls - Brossura

Rankin, Ian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312982402 ISBN 13: 9780312982409

Casa editrice: Minotaur Books, 2003

Riassunto

When a young student mysteriously disappears, Inspector John Rebus and his associate, Detective Constable Siobhan Clarke, come up with two bizarre clues--a carved wooden doll in a coffin and an Internet role-playing game--and must follow a deadly trail of similar dolls and coffins, from Edinburgh's dark body-snatching past to a fiendishly clever modern-day killer. Reprint.

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L'autore

Born in Scotland in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh and has since been employed as a grape picker, swineherd, taxman, alcohol researcher, hi-fi journalist, and punk musician.

Since publishing his first Rebus novel, Knots and Crosses, in 1987, the series has become phenomenally successful, with each new installment a runaway bestseller in the United Kingdom. Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. Black and Blue won the Crime Writers Association's Gold Dagger Award for best novel of the year in 1997.

He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.

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Outstanding Praise For Ian Rankin And His Award-Winning Rebus Novels

"A modern Dickens...A remarkable achievement."-The Daily Mail

"A dark and gritty read that never disappoints."--San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner

Set In Darkness
"Rebus is surely one of the most rounded, warts-and-all characters in modern crime fiction...those who want to plunge deeply into a world of convincing characters and brilliantly rendered atmospherics can't do much better than this."-Washington Post Book World

"Ian Rankin is one of the shrewdest writers working the mystery turf."-Chicago Tribune

"The Falls...pushes all the crime fiction buttons while delivering the heady whiff of real life as it is lived. Pity readers of 'serious' fiction who would look down their noses at this gritty detective story. They don't know what they're missing."-Philadelphia Inquirer

"Brilliant...mesmerizing...think Patricia Cornwell/Kay Scarpetta with a bit of Walter Mosley tossed in."-Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram

"Mr. Rankin has created a character in John Rebus who makes crime fiction a joy to read."
--Dallas Morning News

"Gritty...intensely paced...powerful."-Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Sharply plotted...among the most consistently well-plotted, fully realized series in the genre. Rankin is at the top of his form in The Falls."-Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"The plot is worthy of the series: raging and racing and teetering on the edge of falling apart, before Rankin slams the reader with a final masterful twist."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Set in Darkness is filled with memorable sequences, well-drawn characters, and enough Scots words...to make some readers think of John Buchan's Thirty Nine Steps."-Wall Street Journal

"Gritty...atmospheric...you can't go wrong with Rankin."-Orlando Sentinel

"[A] consistent level of excellence unmatched in the field of British crime fiction."-The Times of London

"Rankin's best novel to date."-New Statesman

"A series whose time has come...complex, humane, and gripping, this is a perfect introduction to the art of Ian Rankin, head capo of the Scots mystery MacMafia."-Manchester Guardian

"One of the very best practitioners of police procedurals around today." -Library Journal, starred review

"Like Philip Marlowe, Rebus is a knight in search of a hidden truth'."-Newark Star Ledger

"A novelist of great scope, depth, and power...brilliant."-Jonathan Kellerman

"Ian Rankin brings a compelling voice to the genre." -BookPage

"The murder mystery is intelligent and entertaining, and the characters...retain that feeling of genuineness while dealing with power-struggles and intrigue."-BookBrowser

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• Editore: Minotaur Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312982402
• ISBN 13: 9780312982409
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile