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A Good Hanging
A Good Hanging: Short Stories | Ian Rankin
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A Good Hanging contains twelve remarkable, gritty stories starring Detective Inspector John Rebus in his home city of Edinburgh, as only Ian Rankin can portray it: not just the tearooms and cobbled streets of the tourist brochures, but a modern urban metropolis with a full range of criminals and their victims--blackmailers, peeping Toms, and more than one kind of murderer. It's a city like any other, a city that gives birth to crimes of passion, accidents, and long-hidden jealousy, and a city in which criminal minds find it all too easy to fade into the shadows. As dedicated readers of the series well know, nobody is better equipped to delve into Edinburgh's back alleys and smoky pubs than Rebus, and no one better able to illuminate his world than Ian Rankin.
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LeahBergen
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I always love when authors doodle with their signatures. This one makes me laugh!#SignedSundays #SignedSunday

charl08 Cheers seem very appropriate. Nice man. 8y
britt_brooke I'm super impressed by the number of signed books you have. I have one. 😝 8y
LeahBergen @charl08 Yes! 😀 8y
LeahBergen @britt_brooke I "may" be a little obsessed. ? I love going to author events when I can. 8y
britt_brooke @LeahBergen There are worse addictions. 😉😁 8y
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rabbitprincess
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This collection contains 12 stories. My favourites were "Seeing Things", "Not Provan", and "Auld Lang Syne." A good way to get a sample of Rebus's world and the atmosphere if you haven't yet tried the novels.

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rabbitprincess
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Just noticed the comment from the Literary Review! Hee.

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rabbitprincess
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I can relate, Rebus. (From the story "Sunday")

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rabbitprincess
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Borrowed A Good Hanging from the library. The cover seems rather "cozy" for an Ian Rankin book...