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  • In a House of Lies

  • Inspector Rebus, Book 22
  • By: Ian Rankin
  • Narrated by: James Macpherson
  • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (174 ratings)

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In a House of Lies

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: James Macpherson
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Publisher's Summary

In A House of Lies...

Everyone has something to hide.

A missing private investigator is found locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - the body was in an area that had already been searched 10 years ago.

Everyone has secrets.

Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled, and now - after a decade without answers - it's time for the truth.

Nobody is innocent.

Every officer involved must be questioned, and it seems everyone on the case has something to hide - and everything to lose.

None more so than Detective John Rebus.

©2018 Ian Rankin (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Limited

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Pure class, as always

Great story, great characters, great delivery. You simply can't go past the Rankin/Macpherson team, pure class.

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Good Story.

It is some time since I listened to some of Ian's book. Forgot how good his writing is. I enjoyed this story with the plots and twists. good narration.

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He’s still got it!

It’s fantastic to see that both Rebus AND Rankin can produce the goods. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. A book with turns and twists but all of them very plausible. I liked that the secondary characters are being developed but that Rebus is still....... Rebus.

Great stuff!!

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Classic Rebus

So good to be back beside Rebus. Love the Scottish accent, the dry humour and a suitably challenging plot.

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Humdrum

Not a page-turner but a good average police story. l may try another Rebus novel in future but I won't rush into it.

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home to roost

took me back to the streets of Edinburgh. I enjoyed this trip down memory lane with Rebus

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One of the best

Rankin is always a delight to read, well structured story, beautifully written and with the very flawed Rebus being as sharp and devious as ever.
Narration with a soft Scottish lilt makes this eminently listenable,

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Another triumph

Another great story
Weaving it’s way through all the ins and outs of mystery and undercurrent

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Hard to finish and disappointing

Sad to say I didn’t enjoy this book.

The story was bland - certainly not a page turner - and I struggled to finish it.

This wasn’t helped by the reader as it was hard to differentiate between the characters as they all sounded the same. I had to really listen to hear a name and then work out who said what!

Disappointing as I’m an Ian Rankin fan and I can’t recommend this audio book.

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probably easier to read than listen to.

the plot is good but so many characters gets confusing. at times, failed to hold my attention

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