โ Scribed by Ian Rankin
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Inspector John Rebus of Edinburgh's finest has been knocking readers'
socks off for years, in 10 full-length police procedurals by Ian Rankin
that star the thoughtful, intelligent Scot. In this neat little
novella, he does in 73 pages what many of his peers take three times as
long to do--set an interesting scene, solve a crime, develop a
character, and allow him to grow and change without sacrificing either
pace or plot. Agreeing to track down the missing son of his high school
sweetheart and her husband, a friend of his youth, Rebus takes the
reader into the gritty back streets and criminal byways of Edinburgh,
following Damon Mee from the nightclub where he was last seen through
gambling casinos, football matches, and face-to-face encounters with the
mobsters who may have been involved in his disappearance. Along the
way Rebus confronts his own mortality, the choices he's made, and the
obligations he owes his past. The theme of vanishing was spun off from
Dead Souls, a full- length novel; according to Rankin, he wrote
this brief but fully-realized piece first, then cannibalized part of
it as a sub-plot for Dead Souls, "while altering the histories
of the characters involved so that both can be read independently."
Which is why American fans who haven't yet read Dead Souls will pick it up right after this one. Death Is Not the End
is short enough to read on a shuttle flight and still have time for a
nap. But like Rankin's other solid Rebus stories, it will stay with
you even after you wake up.
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