Book Review: A Good Hanging and Other Stories

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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Ian Rankin
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Police Procedural   [Short Stories]
Series: John Rebus
St. Martin's, Feb 2002, $23.95, 256 pp.

A GOOD HANGING consists of twelve police procedural investigations starring John Rebus and co-starring his hometown Edinburgh. The anthology is different from most short story collections, as there is no introduction explaining the topic or its greatness. Instead Ian Rankin uses the investigative stories to provide the audience a close up look at Rebus and some of his cohorts enabling the greatness to shine. Fans of the series will fully enjoy the collection and anyone interested in a first look at one of the best detectives around today ought to take the fall because they will conclude that this anthology and subsequently the Rebus novels are among the top police procedural series in bookstores.

Harriet Klausner

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