Buy strip jack by ian rankin from waterstones today. Marriage is under serious attack from the forces of evil. Winner of an edgar award and the recipient of a gold dagger for fiction and the chandlerfulbright award, he lives in. I know architects my age, guys i went to college with, theyve been on the dole. Best known for his rebus series, they deliver hardboiled crime with a distinct scottish flavour sometimes cheesily referred to as tartan noir. Strip jack by ian rankin very good ok, i definitely get it now. The numerous subplots, unlike in some stories, actually help the book to move along rather than detract from the main story.
Rebus is back in edinburgh and drawn into the scandals building round a local mp caught in a high class brothel, the question is. Unabridged edition featuring a bonus interview with ian rankin and james macpherson. Di john rebus is an oldfashioned copper with a love of offkilter music, and the odd refreshment. A police raid on an edinburgh brothel captures seemingly by accident popular young local mp gregor jack. Gregor jack, mp, wellliked, young, married to the fiery elizabeth to the outside world a very public success story. Ian james rankin obe dl frse frsl born 28 april 1960 is a scottish crime writer, best. Aug 07, 2008 strip jack was published in 1992 and reflects police procedures and the technology available at that time. A collection of ian s short stories, ranging from the macabre the hanged man to the unfortunate the only true comedian right back to the sinister someone got to eddie. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. When jack s fiery wife elizabeth disappears, and two bodies are found, suspicion falls on a famous local actor rab.
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Strip jack ian rankin august 2010 part 1 ian rankins celebrated detective, inspector rebus, investigates the disappearance of an mps wife. Ian rankin books list of books by author ian rankin. Apr 29, 2011 gold daggerwinner and bestselling author in the united kingdom, ian rankin crafts absorbing crime novels with solidly drawn characters and firstrate plotting. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ian rankin books online. In 20, rankin cowrote the play dark road with mark thomson, the artistic director of the. Gold daggerwinner and bestselling author in the united kingdom, ian rankin crafts absorbing crime novels with solidly drawn characters and firstrate plotting. You can find a full collection of all ian rankin s short stories in the beat goes on.
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