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Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin was born in 1960 in Cardenden, Fife.  His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels.  A long list of awards honor this Scotish author’s 25 novels.  Rankin has been elected as a Hawthornden Fellow and won the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He has also...

Loads of action in 2008 reads

(mcherald.com, Nov. 22, JC Patterson) Here’s a by-the-book breakdown of fine reads I have known and appreciated this year. The Big Boys: Heavyweight hits like Richard Price’s Lush Life, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski , and my favorite read...

Best mysteries of 2008

(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...