The Impossible Dead Lib/E (Malcolm Fox)

Rankin New York Times Best-Selling Author, Ian

3.97

10,552 ratings by Goodreads

9781611132984: The Impossible Dead Lib/E (Malcolm Fox)

ISBN 10: 1611132983 ISBN 13: 9781611132984

Publisher: Hachette Book Group, 2011

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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About the Author:

Ian Rankin is an award-winning crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Rather Be the Devil and Even Dogs in the Wild. He is a winner of the Edgar Award and the Crime Writers of America's Gold Dagger Award, among others, and was the recipient of a Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship.

Review:

Rankin juggles all of these plots with consummate ease and brings the whole thing to a truly exciting conclusion. This is lean, addictive stuff, and it will leave even the most diehard Rebus fan wanting more.

-- "Washington Post"

Narrator Peter Forbes ably wraps his tongue around a series of Scots brogues and crisp British accents...Forbes's accents and characters are multidimensional.

-- "AudioFile"

Rankin deftly balances welcome surprises and satisfyingly predictable developments. Mainly, though, he succeeds in making methodical Fox a worthy successor to the legendary Inspector John Rebus.

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

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