Hide & Seek [Import] [Hardcover]

Ian RANKIN (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1991

By Ian Rankin. Hide and Seek is a taut and compelling crime thriller featuring the hero of Ian Rankin's widely acclaimed Knots & Crosses.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 210 pages
• Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins; First Edition edition (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0712638962
• ISBN-13: 978-0712638968
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,612,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent police procedural/mystery by under-rated author, April 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hide & Seek: A John Rebus Mystery (Hardcover)

I am a big fan of Rebus - and of anything Ian Rankin writes. Rebus is a believable cop - with lots of personality quirks and a not-so-perfect "home" life. The descriptions of his work environment and the politics involved in being a cop (in any country) are dead-on. Scotland comes alive - its weather, moods, citizens, crime. I highly recommend this book to any reader who is looking for something deep, different, and compelling.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Above and Beyond the average crime novel, March 15, 1998

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A. N. Smith (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hide and Seek (Dead Letter Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Rankin is really, really good. His plots are interesting enough in these Scottish police procedurals, but he weaves them through the lives of Inspector John Rebus and those close to him. Great character development, great details about Edinburgh, and the investigation is step by step, believable, timed just right. This is an early Rebus novel, so the language and style aren't as polished as later ones in the series. So what? Read them all. This is one of the best detective series going.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thoughts, February 20, 2000

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"birse" (Aberdeen, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hide and Seek (Dead Letter Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first Ian Rankin book I have read and I choose it because my English class all had to choose a Scottish text to read and review...so I thought I'd give it ago. I thought the book was extremly well written and described and I could imagine how each of the charcters were acting. I could hardly put the book down because I was wanting to read on and how it all ended...This is a must read book if u like a simple but extremly effective murder mystery.....its easy going and great!