Baba's Reviews > Set in Darkness

Inspector Rebus mystery No.11: The eleventh book in the series, and still Rankin continues to churn out such great stories. A suicide, a discovery of a body apparently dumped decades ago, and the murder of an aspiring Member of the Scottish Parliament… somehow these cases could all be interlinked? A sub-plot in which Siobhan is on the periphery, in which women going to singles' nights are being targeted by at least two rapists working together. And on top of all that one of Rebus' previously convicted felons, gets out of jail very early... whilst a senior management favourite, Derek Linford is forced on Rebus to manage the main murder case. Somehow Rankin sets all this amidst the building and formation of the Scottish Parliament and philosophical musings on change and how we do or don't handle it. Crime serial genius = Rankin.