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Mortal Causes

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: James Macpherson
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It is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing... A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the city's ancient subterranean streets and marks on the corpse cause Rebus to suspect the involvement of sectarian activists. The prospect of a terrorist atrocity in a city heaving with tourists is almost unthinkable. When the victim turns out to be the son of a notorious gangster, Rebus realises he is sitting atop a volcano of mayhem - and it's just about to erupt.

©1995 Ian Rankin (P)2011 Orion Publishing Group Limited
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If you like good narration and a solid crime fiction story this is the book for you. James Macpherson is one of the best narrators on audible, and only when he tries for an American accent does it ever go horribly wrong. I can't speak to a general audience as I've been an unabashed Rankin fan for years, but if you like crime fiction, you can hardly go wrong, although there may be better entry points to the series. The three best entry points are book one in the series, the short story collections, or one of the last two books (they are better standalones in my opinion).

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