DEATH IS NOT THE END

This novella is a new addition to Rankin's stories featuring inspector John Rebus of Edinburgh, Scotland. Initially this appears to be simply a missing persons case. An old school friend calls Rebus for help finding his son, who vanished while buying the next round at a nightclub. But the investigation soon leads Rebus into the labyrinth of Edinburgh's criminal element. Here Joe Dunlop reader truly shines as he seems to relish making each of the wild cast of characters more eccentric and bizarre than the last. In short order you feel you've actually met these people and gotten to know them. The lively Scottish lilt Dunlop uses makes it all seem like some great story heard down at the pub. D.G. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 01]