- Audio CD
- Verlag: Orion Paperbacks; Auflage: Abridged edition (8. Januar 2009)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0752897241
- ISBN-13: 978-0752897240
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14,1 x 1,4 x 13,7 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (2 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 553.981 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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8-cassette pack. Running time: 8 hours.
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A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists. Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind.
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Mit "Hide and Seek" knüpft Rankin an den ersten Band der John Rebus Reihe an. Rebus ermittelt in einem Mord an einem Junkie, und seine Nachforschungen führen ihn bis in die Kreise der Macht von Edinburgh... An diesem Krimi hat mir das so desillusionierte Ende gefallen - keine Krähe hackt einer anderen das Auge aus, und alles wird schön unter den Teppich gekehrt.
Trotz gut konstruierter Handlung hat mich das Buch jedoch über weite Strecken nicht gefangen genommen. Die Handlung ist überladen (Jekyll & Hyde, Okkultismus, Schwulenstrich etc.), der Erzählfluss abgehackt, und durch die vielen Handlungsstränge wirkte die Story auf mich fragmentiert. Ich habe selten so lange an einem so dünnen Buch gelesen, weil ich es oft nach wenigen Seiten mangels Interesse wieder weggelegt habe.
3 Sterne. Schade.
Trotz gut konstruierter Handlung hat mich das Buch jedoch über weite Strecken nicht gefangen genommen. Die Handlung ist überladen (Jekyll & Hyde, Okkultismus, Schwulenstrich etc.), der Erzählfluss abgehackt, und durch die vielen Handlungsstränge wirkte die Story auf mich fragmentiert. Ich habe selten so lange an einem so dünnen Buch gelesen, weil ich es oft nach wenigen Seiten mangels Interesse wieder weggelegt habe.
3 Sterne. Schade.
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
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.
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Excellent police procedural/mystery by under-rated author
15. April 1999
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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.
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Above and Beyond the average crime novel
16. März 1998
Format:Taschenbuch
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.
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A peek under the kilt of a nasty side of Edinburgh!
10. April 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
The plot is certainly simple enough on the face of it. Inspector Rebus is assigned to investigate the death of a junkie in his run down tenement squat. The victim's body has been obviously arranged after death in the shape of a crucifix. Candles surround the corpse and the crude pentagram on the wall is so fresh that the paint is still tacky. At first blush, the cause of death appears to be a simple heroin overdose taken in the throes of some sort of odd satanic ritual but the medical examiner's autopsy discloses something entirely different. What now appears to be a murder by lacing a junkie's fix with rat poison takes Inspector Rebus on a tour of the seamy underbelly of a gritty Edinburgh that you certainly won't find in the Michelin five star travel guide.
Junkies, addicts and pushers; gay and straight prostitution; dog fighting; illegal high stakes gaming and brothels; corruption in the police force, on the bench and at the bar; alcoholics and drunkards - they all make their way onto the stage of "Hide and Seek" in a novel that seems determined to portray Scotland as a bleak and unrelentingly dreary den of sin and iniquity. On the face of it, the novel has the flavour of a Michael Connelly police procedural but the comparison stops right there. Rankin has provided little in the way of descriptions of dogged police work and the pursuit of clues and has focused on dialogue and character development almost to the exclusion of everything else.
So how does one rank that? From the point of view of looking for a great police procedural or an engaging mystery, I was singularly unimpressed (two stars at best). But the dialogue and the characterization was first rate. The clever, appealing, understated British style of wit and humour was apparent throughout the entire novel despite its dark setting (unquestionably worth four stars). I suppose we've got to give it an overall rating of three stars and try another entry in the series to see if there are better pickings as far as plot goes.
Paul Weiss
Junkies, addicts and pushers; gay and straight prostitution; dog fighting; illegal high stakes gaming and brothels; corruption in the police force, on the bench and at the bar; alcoholics and drunkards - they all make their way onto the stage of "Hide and Seek" in a novel that seems determined to portray Scotland as a bleak and unrelentingly dreary den of sin and iniquity. On the face of it, the novel has the flavour of a Michael Connelly police procedural but the comparison stops right there. Rankin has provided little in the way of descriptions of dogged police work and the pursuit of clues and has focused on dialogue and character development almost to the exclusion of everything else.
So how does one rank that? From the point of view of looking for a great police procedural or an engaging mystery, I was singularly unimpressed (two stars at best). But the dialogue and the characterization was first rate. The clever, appealing, understated British style of wit and humour was apparent throughout the entire novel despite its dark setting (unquestionably worth four stars). I suppose we've got to give it an overall rating of three stars and try another entry in the series to see if there are better pickings as far as plot goes.
Paul Weiss
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