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Title: Dreary stuff
Review: I consider myself a major fan of detective fiction worshipping the likes of Carr, Stout, Queen, Christie etc.Ian Rankin has been touted as one of the finest crime writers around but after this maudlin item I am left wondering why. Rebus is in my opinion a poor quality detective spending too much time mooning around the wrong end of a whisky bottle and giving us insights into his tortured personal life. Let's have more detection and less social conscience salving. I give this book 1 star only because zero doesn't appear to be an option!
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