#ian rankin

[radioheadarchive]

Radiohead by Ian Rankin, London, 1996

#radiohead #ian rankin #photoshoots

[movietonight]

My favourite bits from "why are you asking me this" by The Fence

#The fence #Why are you asking me this #Hugh Laurie #Annie Mac #werner herzog #Buckingham Palace #Ian Rankin #Richard Osman #Caitlin Moran #Marina Hyde #Jolyon Maugham #Michael Palin #T S Eliot #macks musings

[scotianostra]

Book 24 in the Rebus series a bargain at only 99p on kindle at the moment

Deal: A Heart Full of Headstones: The Gripping Must-Read Thriller from the No.1 Bestseller Ian Rankin https://amzn.eu/d/6oM7Tbt

#ian rankin #inspector rebus #john rebus #crime fiction #Edinburgh #scotland #scottish

[random-bookquotes]

There were more good people than bad in the world, they just made less noise – she had to keep reminding herself of that.

Ian Rankin, The Rise: A Short Story

#Ian Rankin #the rise #good people #bad people

[iovca-archive]

Bjrörk for Dazed and Confused 1994, by Ian Rankin

via InterviewMagazine

#90's #dazed and confusded #photography #editorial photography #magazine #bjork #Ian Rankin #celebrity portraits #print

[commoneater]

My Favourite Crime-Fighting Foodies

My Favourite Crime-Fighting Foodies is a post I brought back from Dining with Donald via the Internet Archive. Written by Donald McKenzie on December 29, 2017  Crime-fighting Foodies This idea behind this post first started working it’s way into my mind about a year ago. While I was preparing my Lent course, I started to think about food and books, and particularly about food and detective…

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#Columbo #Coz Mystery #Crime Fighting #Ian Rankin #Montalbano #Pie in The SKy #Rebus

[tres-spades-hotel]

I want John Rebus to rail me.

#i love john rebus #john rebus #ian Rankin #book characters

[elireadsalot]

In A House Of Lies by Ian Rankin

In A House Of Lies is by far one of the most slow-paced yet action packed crime thriller novels I have read. There is a lot going on in the book, the plot and subplot is carefully laid out, but it has no swing to it. The way the plot moves forward doesn't satisfy nor excite you. It lacks the surmounting tension a  mystery novel is supposed to have. This book tells the story of Detective Inspector Shiobhan Clarke, who is set out to find the murderer of Private Investigator Stuart Bloom, whose body resurfaces after twelve years of his death. The previous investigation, which also included DI Clarke's mentor, John Rebus, had a lot of holes and gaps in it, and it is now up to DI Clarke to root out the killer.

While the synopsis does sound exciting, the novel managed to disappoint me. The writing was slow- which was made worse by the fact that there was no nail-biting, on-the-edge-of-the-seat action going at most places. The speed and action of the story picks up only at the end, and I felt that the climax was a let-down, lacking a lot of things the endings of a crime novel should have. It was a drag to finish four hundred and thirty pages of this book and I was glad when I reached the end. But- It was refreshing to see a female detective other thaan Nancy Drew star in the pages of a crime thriller. I wouldn't recommend this book- not by a far shot.

Rating: ★★(2/5)

Review by Elizabeth Turner

#Spotify #murder #murder mystery #ian rankin #thriller #suspense #book review #booklr #bookworm #authors #books & libraries #booktok #murder mysteries #murder mystery novel #murder mystery book

[highlifestyleindia]

Before her birthday celebrations begin, Queen Elizabeth honours individuals who have served their community....

#queen elizabeth 70 years #britain #honour #damian lewis #ian rankin

[catmint1]

A book is a key that unlocks infinite possibilities, allowing the reader to explore, learn and be hugely entertained.

—Ian Rankin

#quotes #ian rankin #on books #explore #adventure #possibilities #text

[three-jackdaws]

Pathologist humour

#ian rankin #rebus #john rebus #inspector rebus #crime fiction #detective fiction #Scottish authors #Scottish fiction #pathology #pathologist #pathologist humour

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the Oxford Bar, Edinburgh.

The bar is the drinking hole for both Ian Rankin and his fictional detective, John Rebus. Keeps decent malts!

#Oxford Bar #Ian Rankin #edinburgh #John Rebus

[martinmurray]

BOOKS READ, in order…

2023:

Fall Guy - Archer Mayor

Racing the Light - Robert Crais (1.16.23)

A Dangerous Man - Robert Crais (1.24.23)

The Naming of the Dead - Ian Rankin (2.7.23)

Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi (2.9.23)

Unnatural History- Jonathan Kellerman (2.27.23)

Breathless - Amy McCulloch (3.14.23)

Fleshmarket Alley - Ian Rankin (4.10.23)

Red Winter - Tom Clancy/ Marc Cameron (5.5.23)

Desert Star - Michael Connelly (5.20.23)

Dark Angel - John Sandford (6.2.23)

No Plan B - Lee Child (6.8.23)

Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand (6.16.23)

The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman (6.26.23)

Newcomer - Keigo Higashino (7.7.23)

A Death in Tokyo - Keigo Higashino (7.13.23)

City of Dreams - Don Winslow (7.20.23)

A Song for the Dark Times - Ian Rankin (8.6.23)

Standing in Another Man’s Grave - Ian Rankin (8.15.23)

The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino (8.20.23)

Saints of the Shadow Bible - Ian Rankin (9.1.23)

The Lockup - John Banville (9.3.23)

Rather Be The Devil - Ian Rankin (9.11.23)

The Best Strangers in the World - Ari Shapiro (9.21.23)

Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann (10.4.23)

Judgment Day - John Sandford (10.15.23)

The Complaints - Ian Rankin (10.30.23)

In A House of Lies - Ian Rankin (11.19.23)

Holly - Stephen King (11.20.23)

The Impossible Dead - Ian Rankin (12.6.23)

Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin (12.11.23)

The Secret - Lee Child (12.22.23)

#books #michael connelly #ian rankin

[clairekreads]

The Rise by Ian Rankin @beathhigh @amazonpub @riotcomms #publicationday #therise #bookreview

🍻🍻🍻 Happy Publication Day to Ian Rankin 🍻🍻🍻 The Rise is out today! Continue reading Untitled

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#Amazon Original Stories #Amazon Publishing #book review #crime fiction #Ian Rankin #Publication day #review #Riot Communications

[commoneater]

More Crime and Cuisine

Written by Donald McKenzie on February 26, 2018 More Crime and Cuisine is the post I referred to in my last entry. It is another one I really liked and decided to dig up and post here. I’ve added a few paragraphs of new material at the bottom of this post. bruno chief of policeBaking, Catering, and Crime SolvingPepe CarvalhoHamish Macbeth, Agatha RaisinDetective Irene Hüss – Helene TurstenEven…

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#Detective fiction #Ian Rankin #Lucy Lawless #MC Beaton #Xena

[annadaptors]

"Charlie loved [pinball] machines with a vengeance. It was the kind of love which was all the more fervent for having come to him late in life. He was nineteen after all, life was streaming past, and he wanted to hang on to any piece of driftwood he could. Pinball had played no part in his adolescence. That had belonged to books and music. Besides, there had been no pinball machines at his boarding school.

Now, released into university, he wanted to live. And to play pinball. And do all the other things he had missed out on during the years of prep, sensitive essay-writing, and introspection. Charlie wanted to run faster than anyone had ever run, to live not one life, but two or three or four."

Hide and Seek, Ian Rankin (1990)

#ian rankin #rebus #literature #quote #i really liked this extract #and what is tumblr dot com if not my online scrapbook