
The Black Book
An Inspector Rebus Novel, Book 5
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Narrated by:
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Michael Page
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By:
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Ian Rankin
Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh’s seedy Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten and unsolved, the case reappears when a charred body - with a bullet in its head - is found among the ruins. Inspector John Rebus knows that his superiors would prefer he leave things alone. He knows that part of the answer lies somewhere in a cryptic black notebook. And he knows that to solve the case, he’ll have to peel back layer after layer of unspeakable secrets in order to arrive at the truth.
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another good book in the series
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I love Rebus readings
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I am rereading/listening to Rebus, in order this time since the unabridged audio of all is now available in my region. This seems to be the novel where Rebus becomes that character some of us love so much, fascist though he can be. Though I usually prefer lighter crime novels with justice for all, Rankin created my favourite detective of all time here.
Michael Page is NOT a favourite narrator of mine so I delayed listening to a couple of his Rankin novel narrations, but he's OK for Rebus - more restrained than in other novels, but he still goes too gruff to distinguish some male characters (less shrill for women than he can be). However, James MacPherson became the voice of Rebus to me, so I feel something missing with Page and others - if MacPherson versions are available to you, get them if you can understand a delightful Scots accent. But skip the abridgements, even with that narrator --they make little sense because too much plot and character is skipped (not to mention setting, a real star of the series' later novels).
Rebus really gels here
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This narration was great. Michael Page is one of my favorites.
Not my favorite but still good
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decent but not great
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My First Rebus. . . and I'll Try Another
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Partly - the story was good - the pronunciation of names and places was terrible.What other book might you compare The Black Book to and why?
Other Rankin / Rebus books narrated by James McphersonWhat didn’t you like about Michael Page’s performance?
Bad preparation of pronunciation of names and placesDid The Black Book inspire you to do anything?
Write this negative reviewShocking pronounciation
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Another Masterpiece from Ian Rankin
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Difficult to follow
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Ghastly performance
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