Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Mädchengrab”

Auf der einen Seite kann man sich diebisch drüber freuen, dass nach fünf Jahren Pause John Rebus in “Mädchengrab” endlich wieder auftaucht, dies gewohnt raubeinig und eigensinnig. Aber, wäre da nur nicht der Plot.

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Rezensionen: Unsworth, Lansdale, Rankin

Drogen und Satanismus: Unsworths “Opfer” beginnt in der Gruftie-Szene von 1983. Lansdale erzählt ein Abenteuer für Obama-Fans. In Rankins “Mädchengrab” trösten den alternden John Rebus nur Bier, Zigaretten – und die Musik von Wishbone Ash. Die besten neuen Krimis!

Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Mädchengrab”

Rankins kauziger Inspektor Rebus gefiel der Leserschaft derart gut, dass er über zwei Jahrzehnte fast jährlich einen Krimi veröffentlichte. Nachdem er ihn 2007 eigentlich in Rente geschickt hatte, hat Rankin ihn jetzt doch nochmals auf einen Fall angesetzt.

Portrait: Ian Rankin

Vor fünf Jahren schickte er seinen Inspector John Rebus in Pension, doch jetzt hat Ian Rankin ihn wieder zurückgeholt. Eine Begegnung mit dem schottischen Autor in seiner Heimatstadt Edinburgh.

Märzausgabe der Krimi-Couch

“Das Ende der Welt” von Sara Gran ist der Volltreffer des Monats. Außerdem gibt es Rezensionen zu Elisabeth Herrmanns “Das Dorf der Mörder”, “Mädchengrab” von Ian Rankin, Klaus-Peter Wolfs “Ostfriesenmoor” und vieles mehr.

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Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Mädchengrab”

Ian Rankin, geboren 1960 im schottischen Kohlerevier Fife, gilt als einer der führenden britischen Krimi-Autoren. Britisch selbstverständlich rein geografisch: Welcher gebürtige Schotte lässt sich schon gerne als Briten bezeichnen?

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Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”

It’s been 20 years since Rankin’s first novel about Edinburgh detective John Rebus reached these shores, and during those two decades Rebus has become one of the great modern cops.

Gespräch: Ian Rankin & Warren Ellis

Ian Rankin has called Ellis’s “Gun Machine” “hellish fun.” Ellis has called Rankin’s “Standing In Another Man’s Grave “a magnificent read.” Figuring that Rankin and Ellis might have a thing or two to say to one another, we put the two in touch and watched the fireworks ensue

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Rezensionen: Rankin, Crais, Dorsey and Plötzsch

Marilyn Stasio has read “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”, by Ian Rankin (again with his incorruptible but moody hero, John Rebus), “Suspect”, by Robert Crais, “The Riptide Ultra-Glide”, by Tim Dorsey and “The Beggar King”, by Oliver Plötzsch.

Portrait: Ian Rankin

How do you know when a novel is finished? When the deadline is approaching. Laura Barnett spoke with Ian Rankin, the author of “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”

Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Standing In Another Man’s Grave”

Spoiler alert: this column not only discloses crucial details about the denouement of Ian Rankin’s latest novel. It identifies the murderer in Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” - now celebrating its 60th birthday on the West End stage.

Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”

Did anyone really believe Ian Rankin was going to stop writing about John Rebus, the cantankerous, alcoholic detective who was retired by his creator, to much mourning, in 2006? In his latest novel, the dinosaur detective returns to run riot in a PC world.

Rezensionen: Cutler, Forrester, Macbain, Morgan, Nesser, Preston, Rankin, von Schirach, Welsh

Here are 9 new reviews which have been added to the “Euro Crime” website today: Judith Cutler’s “Burying the Past”, “Roman Games” by Bruce Macbain, Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”, Ferdinand von Schirach: “The Collini Case” and much more.

Kolumne: Crime fiction roundup

Margaret Cannon on: “The Beautiful Mystery” by Louise Penny, “Standing in Another Man’s Grave” by Ian Rankin, “The Jewels of Paradise” by Donna Leon, and “Rush Of Blood” by Mark Billingham

Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”

John Rebus is lucky to be alive. In 2007 Rankin hinted that his forthcoming novel “Exit Music” would see his cantankerous cop killed off. Not since his fellow Edinburgh crime writer Conan Doyle bumped off Sherlock Holmes has there been such an outcry from readers.

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Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”

Scottish author Ian Rankin sent his long-running and persistently rebellious Edinburgh copper, Detective Inspector John Rebus, off into an unwelcome retirement in “Exit Music” (2007). Or at least, that’s what his many fans thought. But suddenly, Rebus back.

Rezension: Ian Rankin: “Standing in Another Man’s Grave”

DI John Rebus, retired in 2006 after 18 cases in line with Ian Rankin’s hyper-realistic policy of ageing his characters in real time, has now returned to work, again in line with actual police procedure, as a civilian consultant on cold case inquiries.

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Artikel: Rebus revisited – Ian Rankin picks his favourite moments

Edinburgh’s master of tartan noir, Ian Rankin, revealed his favourite Rebus moments to an audience at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Here are a few of his choices, for example his favourite pub scene or his favourite description of Scotland.

Rezensionen: Ian Ranking, Peter James, Nicci French, Tana French

Alexandra Heminsley on “Standing in Another Man’s Grave” by Ian Rankin, Peter James’s “Roy Grace Series”, “Tuesday’s Gone”, by Nicci French and Tana French’s fourth thriller “Brocken Harbour”.

CrimeMag: Artikel und Rezensionen zur Kriminalliteratur

Dieses Mal mit Rezensionen zu Kriminalromanen von Howard Linskey, Laura Lippman, Ian Rankin, Tana French, Colin Cotterill, Gianrico Carofiglio, dazu Carlos’ Kolumne, ein Beitrag von Christopher G. Moore und im Krimigedicht Aufschlussreiches zum Fräser.