Tooth and Nail

So, my favourite Scottish sleuth has been called down to London to help track down a serial killer. There’s a couple of mysteries here: 1. Who is killing women in the capital – stabbing them and leaving bite marks on the body? 2. Why has Rebus been asked to go down south and help? Ok, he’d played a p......more

Only my second Rebus book but the more Ian Rankin books I read, the better I like him. This one was a bit of brain tease— and in the best of ways. I had convinced myself I knew the identity of the current murderer on the loose in London (where Rebus has landed, slightly unceremoniously due to being......more

On balance, I find more to nitpick at with the Rebus books than I do to praise. I don't actually mind that the main character is hard to like. His flaws make him more realistic, and I do get so tired of those leads whose weaknesses ultimately are either insignificant or so obviously tailored specific......more

I'm pleased I've read this book, but it does get a bit silly at times especially with the car chase at the end through some well-known tourist sights of London. Some things are hard to believe. Rebus is irresistible to Canadian female students. Would an ex-SAS man really get mugged by a kid on a ska......more

Of all the fictional coppers I read about on a regular basis, Detective John Rebus is the least likeable. Granted, I've only just finished the third book in the series (I am reading them in order), so he may become more likeable as I progress, but right now there is nothing I like about this charact......more