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...Barry Forshaw is the author of ‘Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films’ Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe....
...A Heart Full of Headstonesby Ian Rankin, Orion £22 An encomium for a new Ian Rankin novel — redundant, surely?...
...Barry Forshaw is the author of ‘Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films’ Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...Barry Forshaw is the author of ‘Crime Fiction: A Reader’s Guide’ Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...Vintage Rankin — which is to say, the best that the crime genre can currently offer....
...Barry Forshaw’s latest book is ‘Crime Fiction: A Reader’s Guide’ Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...Barry Forshaw’s latest book is ‘Historical Noir’ Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe....
...Fellow Tartan Noir writer Ian Rankin has similarly tackled the divisive issue of Scottish independence, and like his colleague, MacBride’s use of the theme is never meretricious....
...Lincoln has created a quirkily conflicted protagonist and a narrative that keeps tension and incident satisfyingly to the fore, with Cardiff as darkly minatory a city as Rankin’s Edinburgh....
...Rankin’s plotting here is as sure-footed as ever....
...and stand-up comic Todd Barry. Often great gags are all but thrown away off-camera in favour of a shot that reveals more about character....
...The collection, with an introduction by Ian Rankin, is the latest in a series of Oxfam fundraisers. And it is DI Rebus’s creator who supplies one of the edgiest pieces here....
...They receive visits from the photographers celebrated in Rankin’s documentary America in Pictures: The Story of Life Magazine (Thursday)....
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