Journal Entry 1 by seethroughfaith from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Sunday, May 11, 2008

Book Description
The 12th Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide...

Synopsis
A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, and an Internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance ...Rankin continues to be unsurpassed among living British crime writers...He makes the reader feel part of the scene, and enhances the experience with his virtuosity with dialogue ...But all these virtues would count for little if Rankin didn't also possess the most important asset of them all - the ability to tell a damned good story The Times

Found this tucked away on my shelf - time to read and then release it.

First I'll offer it to my friend as she's a big Rebus fan and I've got LOADS TBR right now 

Journal Entry 2 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Ian Rankin


Thanks stf for loaning me this book & for the correct bcid :)
One more book for my "Summer of Rebus" :) 

Journal Entry 3 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Friday, July 18, 2008

Thanks stf for letting me read this really good Rebus story! I totally enjoyed it, it was just up my alley with mysterious coffins and Quizmasters online!

I'll return it to you asap! maybe on my next week of work, I'm going back on Monday already and will be busy until then. i will be back home in early August. 

Journal Entry 4 by seethroughfaith from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Friday, August 15, 2008

Got this back today (we went geocashing together) Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for correcting the BCID number (I must have mild number dyslexia or something this is the second time recently that I've transposed the numbers on the label :(
 

Journal Entry 5 by seethroughfaith at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Sunday, January 30, 2011

bit bored with detective stories at the moment ... so this one is still languishing here, waiting for the right moment.

Moved it to a new TBR shelf though, so at least it's visible again :) 

Journal Entry 6 by seethroughfaith at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Sunday, February 20, 2011

moving it to the new bookshelf did the trick
read it and really found it intriguing ... especially the quizmaster. Rebus is a real character isn't her ... but what I like even more is that the minor characters come to life, and Edinburgh (all its many sides) spring to life in these books.

my verdict: a very good read