I am so happy I don't give up on authors after one book. Knots & Crosses wan't very good. It was generic and even a bit boring. Ian Rankin's Hide & Seek however is much more confident and interesting. You can see that Rankin feels more comfortable with Inspector Rebus. He even feels confident enough to add other characters. In Knots & Crosses Rebus was the complete centre of attention. In the sequel this centre switches from him to Constable Holmes.
The book moves completely away from Rebus’ personal issues, because they were mostly covered in the first book to other crimes. In this case the crime involves a boy who overdosed on drugs with rat poison. At the same time Rebus has to set up an anti-drugs campaign with the richest of the city because he acquired fame after his brother was jailed for drug trafficking. There isn’t much more to say about this book. I will definitely read more of Rankin’s book, but for now it’s enough Rebus and it’s time to move on to another genre altogether.
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