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  • Dead Souls

  • An Inspector Rebus Novel
  • By: Ian Rankin
  • Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
  • Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (217 ratings)

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Dead Souls

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
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Publisher's summary

A colleague's suicide. Pedophiles. A missing child. A serial killer. You never know your luck, muses Rebus. Driven by instinct and experience, he searches for connections, against official skepticism. But at night, unsoothed by whiskey, Rebus faces his ghosts, and the prospect of his daughter's possibly permanent paralysis. Soldiering through dank, desperate slums and the tiny flats of the Scottish chic, Rebus uncovers a chain of crime, deceit, and hidden sins, and knows it's himself he's really trying to save.
©1999 Ian Rankin (P)2001 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Using vocal nuances, Geoffrey Howard conveys the atmosphere of Rebus's Edinburgh, its slums and pubs, and their inhabitants. He also conveys the fine points of character in a well-paced and involving performance." (AudioFile)
"Not everyone will want to follow the crime novel where Rankin dares to take it, but for those who do, the journey will be unforgettable." (Booklist)

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a very dark book in the series

lots of twists and turns here, just when you thought the main character might turn things around the death of a good friend sends him down a rat hole again. good deals with a lot of issues like pedophiles that are just darken themselves, as well as some very clever evil characters. I don't like to criticize performance in the audio realm but this is a new player and he does not do as good a job as the previous ones in differentiating the characters. it may be that I have to develop a new ear for the new actor.

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