Rebus

[janbee]

Just heard that the new Rebus book (the 20th) is due out in October. It's called Even Dogs in the Wild. Looking forward to that.

[Gavmacp]

My wife and I enjoy them. Ian Rankin has a real understanding of Edinburgh etiquette. In one book he mentioned the city under the high street when I was a kid I heard of the 'underground' and thought we had a railway system that I didn't know about!

[Mick-the-Miller]

I've read all his books - and those by Quintin Jardine and Stuart Macbride - and I've just started James Oswald's Inspector MacLean series - I love dem Scottish Detectives!

[janbee]

Gav, I used to work at the City Chambers on the Royal Mile and had the good fortune to be able to visit "underground" as often as I wanted. Mary King's Close is worth a visit if you haven't already been.

Mick, yes I agree. I LOVE, just LOVE Stuart MacBride's books. He's very very witty and you get a real" vision" of his characters.

Not quite so keen on Jardine's books. I've read quite a few of them but never really got into them. Skinner's tedious home life and family rather irritated me.

Have you read MacBride's latest, The Missing and the Dead?

[janbee]

Mick, thanks for the info on James Oswald. Haven't heard that name before. I'll look out for his books. Where is his detective based?

[maggiebee]

Get Ian Rankin's newsletter to my inbox and am definitely looking forward to meeting Rebus again. Love Quintin Jardine's books too but find Stuart MacBride's harder to get into but have downloaded his latest on to my Kindle so will give him another try. Must keep an eye open for James Oswald, not a name I know.

[Tilly2]

Oh, goody! His last book was too short. That's two more books on my list, for Christmas, Bill Bryson and Ian Rankin

[ladyalex]

I too enjoy Ian Rankin's books .
Don't like Quintin Jardine at all.
Have read a few Stuart McBride's books and do think he tells a good story, but I'm afraid his torture scenes ar a bit too gruesome for me....worse than Val McDermid's and she can be pretty graphic.
Love Christopher Brookmyre...laughs as well as murders.