23 November 2018

Short stories by Rankin

Ian Rankin. Beggars Banquet (2002) Collection of short stories, several of which are about Rebus. Like Rendell, Rankin enjoys imagining psychopaths. Makes for page-turning, but too many of these tales leave a bad taste, despite slatherings of poetic justice.
  And the title omits th apostrophe. Because including it would spoil the cover design? Probably.
  This collection would be a poor introduction to Rankin. **
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