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| Original Title: | The Impossible Dead |
| ISBN: | 0316039772 (ISBN13: 9780316039772) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Malcolm Fox #2 |
| Literary Awards: | Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2012) |
Ian Rankin
Hardcover | Pages: 391 pages Rating: 3.97 | 8256 Users | 660 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Impossible Dead (Malcolm Fox #2) |
| Author | : | Ian Rankin |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 391 pages |
| Published | : | November 21st 2011 by Reagan Arthur Books (first published 2011) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Cultural. Scotland |
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The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and compromised cops, the ones who've made deals with the devil. And sometimes The Complaints must travel.A major inquiry into a neighboring police force sees Malcolm Fox and his colleagues cast adrift, unsure of territory, protocol, or who they can trust. An entire station-house looks to have been compromised, but as Fox digs deeper he finds the trail leads him back in time to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist. There are secrets buried in the past, and reputations on the line.
In his newest pulse-pounding thriller, Ian Rankin holds up a mirror to an age of fear and paranoia, and shows us something of our own lives reflected there.
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Ratings: 3.97 From 8256 Users | 660 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books The Impossible Dead (Malcolm Fox #2)
While I did manage to finish this book, it failed to grab me, and left me wondering what it was all about. There didn't seem to be a central conflict that was worth caring about, and the mystery surrounding a "cold case" was not compelling and didn't tie into the contemporary case in a meaningful or significant way. As other reviews mentioned, the main character - Malcolm Fox - is elusive and hard to identify with. This doesn't make him all the more mysterious and intriguing. His is not aOne could say that it is sometimes a blessing to be a British crime fiction author, since the local publishers do not ask their writers to deliver a new book every six months, and thus the standards one has come to expect of them remain high as ever. Ian Rankin is one of those lucky authors and so we are not surprised to receive yet another great novel from him. In this his main protagonist is inspector Malcolm Fox whom weve first met in his previous novel, The Complaints, whos now called to
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.--- Detective Paul Carter has been found guilty of some pretty clear-cut criminal activity. Fox and his team have been brought into investigate a neighboring force, Carter's own, to see who might have been involved with him -- or at the least covered up for him. They weren't involved with the original investigation, but that doesn't keep anyone from hating them as they come in for the follow-up.Not too surprisingly, they're getting nowhere
I think this is probably the finest Ian Rankin story I have read. Inspector Rebus was a set of memorable detective stories and well liked, but in this Malcolm Fox series, I think Rankin is at the height of his powers. I really hope he writes more books with Fox as the hero.Malcolm Fox and his team set out to tackle a mundane case of police corruption and cover up and stumble on to a long ago murder that everyone has forgotten. Stung by his father thinking he is not a 'real' cop, Fox sets out to
I've enjoyed Rankin's Rebus character in a number of novels, and this is my first with Malcolm Fox, head of the Complaints (similar to IAD) in the starring role. It's a promising series, but definitely not the same as Rebus.As with many good mysteries, The Impossible Dead starts out in one direction, a fairly easy role for the Complaints team to investigate a nearby department's improper handling of a citizen accusation against one of their own, and branches off into something considerably more
The Impossible Dead is a solid, beefy mystery with Scottish atmosphere and slow-burn tension in ample supply. Ian Rankin makes writing these stories together look so easy. He's such a genuine, non-flashy storyteller. The effect is like some kind of trick. You are up and running alongside Matthew Fox and have as much desire as he does to figure out what the hell is going on. Rankin trusts his readers, holds nothing back. And you care about the very sticky situation Matthew Fox finds himself ina
When Ian Rankin retired his Inspector Rebus character, and published his first, Malcolm Fox of "The Complaints" novel, I wasn't sure that Fox would be a worthy successor. The first novel, The Complaints, introduces us to Malcolm Fox a detective whose unenviable job is to investigate wrongdoing by his fellow police officers. (Think of all of those police shows you've seen on television and "internal affairs.") Fox and his team are sent to investigate laxity in a police department after one of
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