Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Ian Rankin1997
At night the summer sky stays light over Edinburgh. But in a shadowy, crumbling housing development, a junkie lies dead of an overdose, his bruised body surrounded by signs of Satanic worship. John Rebus could call the death and accident--but won't. Instead, he tracks down a violent-tempered young woman who knew the dead boy and heard him cry out his terrifyng last words: "Hide! Hide!" Now, with the help of a bright, conflicted young detective, Rebus is following the girl through a brutal world of bad deals, bad dope and bad company. From a beautiful city's darkest side to the private sanctums of the upper crust, Rebus is seeking the perfect hiding place for a killer.
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lexi macham @leximacham
3 stars
Nov 2, 2022

3.5⭐️ good writing, the killer wasn’t who i expected it to be at all. i know this is one of his first books so i’m excited for the story to progress

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Amanda Wells@amandawells
3 stars
Nov 25, 2021

This one was a little underwhelming, but had such a promising premise. I liked Rebus' character a little more this time around (he didn't leer at his daughter, for instance...), but from all accounts we are still a way off from Rebus at his best. I'll keep reading - perhaps skip along a couple of books - to see how it develops, but so far I'm a little disappointed.

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Les Reynolds@lreynolds
3 stars
Jul 29, 2021

Enjoyed my first Ian Rankin. Will read another.

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Helen Bright@lemonista
3 stars
Jul 4, 2024
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Leon Beckert@leonbeckert
5 stars
Jan 17, 2024
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Danny Engström@danny_boy
4 stars
Aug 12, 2022
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Marjan Westbroek@marjan
3 stars
Apr 29, 2022
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Kathy Rodger @bookatnz
3 stars
Apr 20, 2022
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Samantha Armstrong@kitchen_raptor
4 stars
Jan 15, 2022
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Ylse van het Hof @ylsevhh
3 stars
Oct 17, 2021
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Gordon McLean@gordon
5 stars
Jun 2, 2021