December Books 1) The Falls, by Ian Rankin

A slightly disappointing Rebus novel, for once; the obvious suspects turn out to be indeed the criminals. Rankin may have been trying to write a character-based novel, and indeed he gives Rebus three good female characters to spark off (his ex who is now his boss, his new lover and his protégée) but rather forgot to supply an interesting plot to go with it, dazzled instead by these newfangled computer thingies. So not really one I would recommend highly.

One thought on “December Books 1) The Falls, by Ian Rankin

  1. Yes, the plague subplot is an early low point, put in for sheer shock value, badly executed and leading nowhere in plot terms.

    End of Days is full of ideas, not quite all of which are bad; but all are done badly.

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