This box set although it only has 7 books in the box has 42CD's and they are all read by James Macpherson.
I have just finished listening for the second time to Exit Music the last Rebus novel as he had to retire because he had been knocking around the Edinburgh police station for some 20 plus years.
This is a brilliant set of amazing discs covering the first 10 books on 32CD's.
This set are read by two very well known people, James Macpherson and Bill Patterson. Both are fantastic at getting the stories across and doing the many voices that are needed for each book. Because they both come from north of the border, Bill from Glasgow and James from Edinburgh there is that rich gaelic tone to their voices which is so perfect for these stories written by one of Edinburgh's finest - Ian Rankin.
Another great Rebus book. This is an old one but I have only just managed to get a copy from the library.
The Black Book looks back at one of Rebus cold cases, one that they never got an answer to, but Rebus as usual has been suspended from duty because he has been given a gun which he should not be carrying in his car! What he doesn't know is that it is the gun that shot the person dead in the fire at the hotel.
Ian Rankin's latest book, Doors Open is a great read. But I did miss his loveable charactor Rebus who is not in this book; Why no Rebus, because he retired at the end of Ian's last book Exit Music.
On Resurrection Man the atmosphere on the cd is amazing and creepy. We join this story the day after a man is gunned down at his own front door. No-one seems to know or have seen anything that happened. Rebus gets thrown of this case by the Chief inspector and then gets sent back to the police traing college, where he is put into a group of six similar officers - people who have a problem with the methods of the police institution that they work for. ..read more
This story is set in and around the tight time frame of the G8 summit in Edinburgh which works very well.
DI John Rebus has been pushed to the sidelines because his bosses do not want him to be an embarressment to them when the eyes of the world are on Edinburgh because of the summit. Things change though when during the night a young politician falls to his death from the walls of Edinburgh Castle which automatically drags Rhebus back into the limelight.
DEAD SOULS is yet another of the amazing Rebus crime novels. I love these novels and having found this one at the local library I just had to get it out and read it.
The story starts out with Rebus getting a call from an old school friend who son has gone missing and knowing that Rebus has access to lots of people and lots of info askes him to see if there can be any light shed on the matter of his missing son.
LET IT BLEED - Struggling through another Edinburgh winter, Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers.Was the Lord Provost's daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been waste paper years ago? And why on earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Offices's Permanent Secretary? Sucked into the machine that is modern Scotland, Rebus confronts the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond justice.
A GOOD HANGING is one of twelve stories in this book The main story being a Good Hanging which is set in and around the Edinburgh festival time. The story goes, that in days gone by that a criminal was given the chance to run the distance of the Royal Mile from Parliament Square to Hollyrood, a baying crowd on his/her heels. If the criminal reaches the Royal Park before he was caught then he could remain in the park to live out his life. ..read more
