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<\/a><\/p>\nCue the Doors classic\u2014 \u2018The End\u2019. John Rebus has reached retirement. 30 years on the force. He\u2019s long in the tooth, and slow on the draw\u2026.. albeit he never carried a weapon. He drinks too much, has become too cynical, and doesn\u2019t go to church anymore. He\u2019s overweight, underpaid, and out of time. But there is still life left in the old dog, even if you can\u2019t even get him to learn old tricks, never mind new ones. <\/p>\n
It is not an easy thing to finish strong and well a long running popular novel series. Ian Rankin however has managed to pull it off. Exit Music is not the best of the batch, but it is a good denouement, a good way to finish the series. Rebus gets to solve a few more crimes, Siobhan Clarke gets to step up fully to the plate, and all\u2019s well that end\u2019s well. <\/p>\n
This particular novel is interesting because it deals with Russia\u2019s fascination with Scotland, especially modern Russia\u2019 economic interests in the country. A famous Russian poet is found murdered in the streets of Edinburgh, setting off a puzzling chain of events, even involving Big Ger Cafferty coming into harm\u2019s way. <\/p>\n
Ian Rankin has taken the brave route of not trying to tie up all the lose ends into a neat little bow. It gives the story more verisimilitude, more life-likeness. Anyway, John Rebus\u2019 life was more like an unmade bed anyway. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading write through all these novels, and yes there is one more to read, because there is one story about Rebus coming out of retirement. <\/p>\n
But for now, we can sum up by saying\u2014 Tooth and Nail, Black and Blue, The Hanging Garden, A Question of Blood, The Naming of the Dead. If you can only read five Rankin novels\u2026 read these. They are terrific. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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