A review by jenniferworrell
A Good Hanging by Ian Rankin

2.0

I'm obsessed with this author and the whole Rebus series, but this entry didn't quite live up to the novels thus far (I read this after Tooth & Nail). Some seemed underformed, although organized in a way that Rebus seems to deepen as you read along. There are three standouts though: Monstrous Trumpet and Not Provan, which are the most vivid portrayals of Rebus, and Sunday, which I think will stick with me for a long time. It is a very slow, even dull, meander through Rebus' day off, which very slowly and subtly becomes darker and more ominous, until you're left shaken and chilled at the meaning of the day and how a man handles, (or fails to handle), the more sinister elements of his life.