By: Ian Rankin
Posted: February 3, 2016
EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD reunites beloved characters from Ian Rankin's books as we follow this painstaking enquiry, where the lines between honourable and criminal have never been more blurry. As more details surface, the more mystifying the case appears, and not only for the reader! Power plays abound between the various players, on both sides; some officers of the law are not that sympathetic, some gangsters are somewhat endearing. The enquiry becomes a muddle that leads nowhere; it progresses at a snail's pace, the process is slow and confusing, which makes it quite absorbing, because the reader doesn't know more than the characters. A few humorous passages lighten the tone of the book, especially Rebus' repartees and regarding the stray dog. As expected in an Ian Rankin novel, EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD concludes in rather stunning fashion, and I'm sure not many readers will have guessed how the story will end until the last pages. A great read from one of the masters of suspense!
Book Summary
Rebus comes out of retirement...to save his nemesis.
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She's investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one of their own is killed, the powers that be want answers fast. But Clarke is puzzled: if Minton died in a robbery as everyone thinks, why is nothing missing from his home? The answer may lie not in what was taken, but in what was left behind at the scene--an ominous note.
Malcolm Fox is feeling useless. Shunned by his colleagues because of his past in the Complaints bureau, he's been reassigned to a grunt detail, helping a surveillance team--one that trusts him even less than his own boss does--track a notorious Glasgow crime family. Helping Clarke with the Minton case is the only thing that makes Fox feel like a real cop.
Newly minted civilian John Rebus is feeling restless. Being a cop is in his blood and he's failing miserably at retirement. So when Clarke and Fox ask for his help, Rebus doesn't need long to consider his options. But before he can get his bearings, a call comes from Rebus's old nemesis--"Big Ger" Cafferty. Someone just fired a bullet through his front window--and sent him a note identical to Minton's. The normally unflappable old gangster is on edge, but for the life of him Cafferty can't figure out who he's wronged. And the only man he trusts with his life is Rebus.
As the cases collide, it's up to Clarke, Fox, and Rebus to connect the dots and save their unlikely ally Cafferty, whose past harbors a shocking secret that implicates Minton's friends in an unspeakable crime. Even Dogs in the Wild reunites crime fiction legend Ian Rankin's greatest characters in an explosive story exploring the darkest corners of our desires.
by: Ian Rankin
Little, Brown and Company
January 1, 2016
On Sale: January 19, 2016
Featuring: Siobhan Clarke; David Minton; Malcolm
ISBN: 0316342513
EAN: 9780316342513
Kindle: B00X47ZNO4
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