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The Hanging Garden

The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

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The Hanging Garden

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: James Macpherson
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DI Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork but an escalating dispute between the upstart Tommy Telford and Big Ger Cafferty's gang gives Rebus an escape clause.

Telford is known to have close links with a Chechen gangster bringing refugees into Britain as prostitutes. When Rebus takes under his wing a distraught Bosnian call girl, it gives him a personal reason to make sure Telford goes back to Paisley and pronto.

Then Rebus's daughter is the victim of an all too professional hit-and-run and Rebus knows that there is now nothing he won't do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford - even if it means cutting a deal with the devil.

Read by James Macpherson

(p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group©1998 John Rebus Ltd
Crime Fiction Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Detective Crime Suspense

Critic Reviews

They call his work crime fiction, but the adjective is superfluous ... these novels are totally absorbing. Once I start reading one, all else goes by the board till I have finished it
No one in Britain writes better crime novels today
Rankin's handling of the gangland plot, culminating in a sting designed to entrap the multi-national mobsters as they raid a huge drug-making plant is masterly
An addictive writer ... a remarkable talent
No one writes more gripping stories than Rankin
One of British crime writing's greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse
Ian Rankin is a genius (Lee Child)
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Enjoyed Ian Rankins narration as well as his story always clever and witty and humorous

Enjoyed Ian Rankins narration as well as his story

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This book took to long to reach a conclusion
Usually rebus gets his man much quicker.
I found the plot a little disjointed compared with other rebus novels . Although IAN is an excellent reader and helped keep the story flowing despite its flaws in reaching the conclusion

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