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All the Rebus stories can be read as stand-alone novels. You might like to start at the [[Ian Rankin's Inspector John Rebus novels in chronological order|beginning]] and work your way through, but the later novels are generally better.

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Harvey has rather suffered from Rankin's popularity but his books are comparable in quality and it would be a shame if he was to be overlooked.

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Banville's books are not generally known for being action-packed, but in ''Christine Falls'' he proves that he can do plot as well as character and superb writing.

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If you want you can start with the [[The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri|first book]] in the series, but they all read well as stand alone novels and, as with so many writers, the later books are better than the earlier ones.

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It's a great shame that Larsson died not long after he delivered the manuscripts for the three books in this series to his publisher.

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