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Exit Music | 
 enlarge | Author: Ian Rankin
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1437
Media: Paperback
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0752893513
EAN: 9780752893518
ASIN: 0752893513
Publication Date: August 7, 2008
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 Good characterisation and atmosphere, but light on plot January 5, 2009
John M (UK)
There's no doubt that DI Rebus is one of the best fictional detective creations, making those of other writers look like cardboard cut-outs in comparison. Ian Rankin is an accomplished writer and the Rebus series has improved throughout, with plenty of atmosphere and gritty realism. All of the novels take place in Edinburgh, except for Tooth and Nail (I think!?) which is set in London, and the weakest of the series I've read. I guess this might show that if you take Rankin and Rebus outside the Edinburgh comfort zone it doesn't work quite as well. Exit Music uses the same time tested formula, with the foil of DS Clarke, and his nemesis Big Ger putting in a final appearance. The novel works current affairs into the plot in the same way that 'The Naming of the Dead' did, but this time with the Litvinenko muder. One book cover comment describes Exit Music as 'vintage Rebus', although a cynic might interpret this as 'more of the same'. Certainly the Rebus novels do have a very samey feel to them, but I guess this is only to be expected. Personally, I feel Rankin's major short-coming as a crime writer in the Rebus series has been with the plot line, which is often rather weak, and in my view so it is here. However, Rankin covers this with his attention to detail and characterisations which hold the reader. If the plot lines had been stronger then the Rebus novels would have been 'great' rather than just 'good', and this is one reason why they haven't really transfered to television very sucessfully, despite Ken Stott's excellent portrayal: the bareness of the plotting is more apparent. However, I'm going to miss Rebus and 4-stars is a fair assessment in my view.
 Hardcore Rebus December 16, 2008
~ (Cambridgeshire, UK)
Rebus and his partner Clarke get called to what looks like a simple mugging...This book and its' story line grips from the first word to the last. Rebus is 4 short days away from retiring, finds himself removed and supsended from the case, but that does not stop him with Clarkes help from getting to the bottom of 2 murders and a vicious attack on Rebus's old adversary Big Ger Cafferty.. Anyone reading this book will I think find that the plot is as good as it gets - I recommend it to anyone who likes a good plot that has several sub plots, so that if you do not pay attention, you miss the one that is under your nose all of the time.
One of his best. December 8, 2008
L. Reiter (Yorkshire, UK)
I've read about half a dozen Rebus books and this was the best, though sadly the last in a long series! (I shall go back and fill in the gaps as he is a character I have come to love.) Fabulous metaphores throughout the book, the plot was good and although I felt flat at the end (because it was over), don't agree that this was because the ending itself was flat. It was inevitably 'Rebus' and entirely appropriate.
A bit of a let-down September 16, 2008
John Nevill (Liverpool UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very good plot, and well up to the usual standard of Rankin's powers of perceptive and descriptive writing, but let down, I think, by a somewhat lame ending. Admittedly, it's difficult to know how he could think of a finale which would appeal to all readers, but having just finished reading it about an hour ago, I can't help feeling a bit "flat".
Goodbye and Thanks For The Memories August 30, 2008
Ian Paterson (Newcastle Uk)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
What a fantasic send off for one of the great creations of modern literature. br /I have read all the Rebus books in sequence over the years and fans of the series will be delighted to know Ian Rankin has written a a suitable finale. br /We join Rebus with one week until his retirement and in a great device the chapters count down the days no surprising the pieces don't slide together until the final day of the week. br / br /A murder of a Russian poet in Kings Stable Road gives Rebus one last case to solve soon ties are being made to big business, politicians and the criminal underworld led by Rebus' nemesis Big Ger Cafferty. Is this the last chance saloon for John to finally nail Edinburgh's gangster ? br /As has been the case with the last few Rankin books the reader is left guessing right until the final pages who has commited the crimes. I can say that I guessed part of it but I doubt anyone will be able to predict all the conclusions. br / br /The early books in the series were enjoyable but it's been the last half dozen that have really elevated the series the introduction of DS Siobhan Clarke I feel was where it really kicked in giving Rebus a genuine partner to bounce off. This book is no exception with the scenes with them together being the strongest. It's real shame in some ways that Rankin's decision to age Rebus in real time deprives us of further INSPECTOR Rebus books but if you haven't ever read any of the series you are so lucky to have twenty books available to you. br / br /For the rest of us here's looking forward to the first of the DI Clarke stories which if Ian Rankin decides not to write then there really will have been a crime committed.
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