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Rebus is good, but not as sharp as he once was

In Saints of the Shadow Bible, Ian Rankin's detective is still reliable, but not as robust as he was

16 November 2013

9:00 AM

16 November 2013

9:00 AM

Saints of the Shadow Bible Ian Rankin

Orion, pp.427, £18.99

Cig 1

Auld Reekie . . . Edinburgh . . . brewers’ town, stinking of beer, whisky, tweeness, gentility, hypocrisy, corruption . . .

DS Rebus awoke with a start, his hand still clutching a can of lager. He’d been asleep in his chair, as usual. He rarely went to bed. Bed was for sober people.

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