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The Complaints

From the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES

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The Complaints

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: James Macpherson
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 Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'the Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship.

In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when murder intervenes.

Read by James Macpherson

(p) 2009 Orion Publishing Group©2009 John Rebus Ltd Corruption & Misconduct Crime Fiction Fiction Law Mystery Police Procedural Politics & Government Traditional Detectives Detective Crime
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This novel may be mildly disappointing for Rebus fans. Rankin plots a good story as usual but the Fox we meet in this novel doesn't quite gel and I found it hard to relate to him. Jamie Breck, on the other hand, who teams up with Fox when they are both set up and suspended from duty, could be a great successor to Rebus, though I don't think he appears in any other novels written by Rankin.

James Macpherson, the reader on the Audible version is good as usual, so definitely worth listening to if you have exhausted the Rebus novels and love that Scottish accent..

Malcolm Fox is no John Rebus

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I listened to this because I loved the Rebus series and wanted more. I don't recognise the Malcolm Fox in this book.

Fox is a changed man

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