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|title=Fleshmarket Close
|author=Ian Rankin
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|format=Paperback
|pages=496
|publisher=Orion
|date=August 10, 2005
|isbn=0752865633
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I don't often buy fiction in hardback: it's expensive and only the very best is reread. I do make an exception for the Inspector Rebus books by Ian Rankin though, as quite a few family and friends will read the book. Actually, that's just my rationalisation - I can't wait for the paperback edition to find out what's happening in the Rebus world.
So, will it be your sort of book? If you're a fan of the 'posh detectives' of [[P D James]] and [[ Elizabeth George]] novels then I'm afraid that you might find the Rebus novels a little too gritty. If you like the blood and gore of Patricia Cornwell then you might find Rankin a little tame. I'm a big fan of [[Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen]] novels and there are many similarities, although I would say that Rankin's writing is the more consistent. If you like a good detective story then I doubt that any of the Rebus novels will disappoint you.
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