Sunday, August 25, 2013

Knots & Crosses

Too early to tell if Ian Rankin will disappear into the mists of time.  Knots & Crosses was his first Rebus novel and it presents a somewhat less romantic picture of Edinburgh than Scottish tourism would advertise.  The novels of Sir Walter Scott attracted droves of travelers to Scotland.  The seamy underside of Auld Reekie is displayed in this novel by Rankin which would keep me in my hotel after the sun set if I were a tourist.  Perhaps it would be best if the book wraith claimed this work for his own?