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The Falls
A Rebus Novel (Related to this series)
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Narrator
- James Macpherson
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 30 September 2011
- Run Time
- 16 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, and an internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance...
Read by James Macpherson
(p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group
Critics Review
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It may be the 12th time out for Rankin's maverick detective, but The Falls still feels as fresh as ever . . . If you haven't read the other 11 Rebus novels, it's about time you did
THE MIRROR
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The Falls, the 12th full-length Inspector Rebus story, finds his creator, Ian Rankin, at his brilliant, mordant best, with the dark heart of the city featuring almost as strongly as Rebus himself
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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A complex mystery novel, as you would expect from Rankin, one of a handful of truly outstanding British mystery writers . . . Terrific
OBSERVER
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An extraordinarily rich addition to crime literature
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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Rankin continues to be unsurpassed among living British crime writers . . . He makes the reader feel part of the scene, and enhances the experience with his virtuosity with dialogue . . . But all these virtues would count for little if Rankin didn't also possess the most important asset of them all - the ability to tell a damned good story
THE TIMES
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A very skilful entertainment . . . its clues are as learned and cross-word-puzzling as any in John Buchan
TLS
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The Falls is an inventive and absorbing book . . . Once again the city, cast in shadows and light, is centre stage, as complex and brooding as Rebus himself . . . Ian Rankin, a crime writer with style, has produced another highly enjoyable and exciting book
THE SCOTSMAN
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It is a fact universally acknowledged that Ian Rankin leads the field in the category of British humanistic crime writing . . . his ability to wrap together diverse ingredients into a plot-sandwich bulging with flavour is ingenious
SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
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Rankin has an intuitive grasp of the dark magic of narrative: at its simplest, you read the books because you want to know what will happen. He writes beautifully, too . . . Few would disagree that Ian Rankin is making a contribution to crime fiction that will last. His novels are playing a significant part in redefining Scotland's image of itself in literature. He is one of a handful of British crime writes whose books are not only commercially successful but also build a strong case for why crime fiction, at its best, can and should be considered as literature
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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Whatever it is that makes a good crime writer, Ian Rankin has it in spades
IRISH TIMES
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Rankin masterfully pulls his fascinating plot together, and his sense of place casts a powerful shadow on this subtle tale of the recurrence of evil. The unopposed champion of the British police procedural field
GUARDIAN
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This is the 12th novel featuring Inspector Rebus, one of the undoubted stars of modern British crime fiction . . . Ian Rankin is a first-rate storyteller in the classic mould, but what really distinguishes his work is his gift for characterisation
MAIL ON SUNDAY
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Details
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Narrator
- James Macpherson
- Duration
- 16 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 September 2011
- ISBN
- 9781409134909
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, and an internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance...Read by James Macpherson(p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group
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