• Standing in Another Man's Grave

  • By: Ian Rankin
  • Narrated by: James Macpherson
  • Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (476 ratings)

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Standing in Another Man's Grave

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: James Macpherson
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Publisher's summary

In book 20 of the series, John Rebus returns to investigate the disappearances of three women from the same road over 10 years.

For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long ago, and Nina's pleas to the cold case department have led her nowhere.

Until she meets the newest member of the team: former Detective John Rebus.

Rebus has never shied away from lost causes - one of the many ways he managed to antagonize his bosses when he was on the force. Now he's back as a retired civilian, reviewing abandoned files. Necessary work, but it's not exactly scratching the itch he feels to be in the heart of the action.

Two more women have gone missing from the same road where Sally Hazlitt was last seen. Unlike his skeptical colleagues, Rebus can sense a connection - but pursuing it leads him into the crosshairs of adversaries both old and new.

Rebus may have missed the thrill of the hunt, but he's up against a powerful enemy who's got even less to lose.

On the 20th anniversary of Ian Rankin's first American publication comes an audiobook bursting with the vitality and suspense that made its author one of crime fiction's most dazzling stars. Standing in Another Man's Grave is the triumphant return of John Rebus, and a riveting story of sin, redemption, and revenge.

©2013 Ian Rankin (P)2012 Hachette

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ugh

What would have made Standing in Another Man's Grave better?

someone else reading it. Can not listen to the accent!

What do you think your next listen will be?

some one that speaks better english

How could the performance have been better?

yes

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

disappointment

Any additional comments?

i would not get another one of these books if the guy reading is in the dialect he speaks.
horrid

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God awful performance

I was glad to see a new John Rebus tale, but the performance is the worst I've ever encountered. I manage lots of accents and variances of the mother tongue, but the fellow who read the book was frequently unintelligible. I can't really review the story. I have to fight really heard and replay frequently to get the story, but a lot is just lost. I suppose there are people who can understand but it is as if the publisher wanted to put a thumb in your eye to remind you that if you're not a native Scot then you don't deserve an audio rendition you can understand. Please have someone else record this book and monitor the intelligibility of the performers in future.

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