![]() I wanted to update Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to 1980s Edinburgh. Knots and Crosses is in an omnibus edition, Rebus: the Early Years, containing the first three Rebus books and a short introduction in which Rankin explains how he came to write the Rebus books: It’s fast paced and I did work out who the killer is before the end of the book, but that only added to my satisfaction. Rebus receives anonymous letters containing knotted string and matchstick crosses – a puzzle that is connected with his time in the SAS, that only he can solve. And it’s definitely more of a mystery than a thriller.īriefly it’s about the search for the killer of young girls, set in Edinburgh. In Knots and Crosses various facts about his past are revealed, which helped me understand events in the later books. I think it is better to read them in the order they were written because the character of Rebus evolves throughout the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve also watched many of the TV dramas, although I don’t remember this one. Knots and Crosses is the first of the Rebus books, but it is not the first one I’ve read. I included Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin in a Weekly Geeks post on unreviewed books and Deb asked: Is ‘Knots and Crosses’ the first Rebus novel you’ve read? How important is it to you to read such a series in order? Does it matter? The Rebus novels, to me, are as much about Rankin’s development of his character as they are puzzles/crimes to be solved.Įva asked: Is Knots and Crosses more of a mystery or a thriller? ![]()
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