Thursday, February 14, 2019

THE BEAT GOES ON

Ian Rankin. The BEAT GOES ON: THE COMPLETE REBUS SHORT STORIES. Orion, 2014.

I still love Rebus. I always enjoy short story collections. One or two of these were familiar from earlier editions. I especially enjoyed Rankin's essay at the end about the origins of Rebus which also includes a sort of "portrait of the writer as a young man" and the realization for the writer that the city itself is an important character.


The LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET

 Catriona Ward. THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET. Nightfire, 2021.