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Lädt ... The Bone Yardvon Paul Johnston, Paul Johnston
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The Bone Yard is the second book in this series from Paul Johnston. The first was titled The Body Politic. The series is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. in the 2020s. The world has gone to hell, and the city has closed itself off. They allow tourism, which is their main source of income. The city is ruled by a group of people known as The Council. There is also a police group known as the Guardians. Our hero, Quintilian Dalrymple, is a former guardian who now operates as a detective for hire. Quint is approached by a citizen who is being followed/stalked, and Quint doesn't think much of it. He promises to look into it just to make the guy happy. Of course, mysteries being what they are, the guy turns up dead. And it's then that the story kicks in. The council brings him in to find the killer. He asks for and is given the assistance of his friend, an auxillary (cop) named Davie. Together they investigate the murder, which turns into murders. Along the way there are illegal drugs, strange deaths, and people hiding the truth. The book is a great read. Social commentary mixed in by way of Quint's outlook on the future city, and who runs it. The story is tight and the investigative work believable. Quint is a hardboiled detective typical of this genre and fun because of it. The book wraps everything up in a wonderful ending that left me wanting more. There was one thing that bugged me a bit, though. While written in the mid 1990s, this is supposedly set in the near future (2020). But the ideas are already out-dated by modern technology. People still use hand held mobiles, send letters(!), perform searches by looking up books in libraries. There is no email, internet or any of the other electronic communications that were already around in the mid 1990s, albeit only in infancy. The only really futuristic element of the novel is the political theme of social rebellion, republican government and wasteland environment (think Waterworld without the water). That minor quibble aside, this is a great read. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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It is the 21st century and 2 private investigators in Edinburgh are trying to solve a series of murders in which music tapes are planted inside the victims and the solution lies in The Boneyard. If they can ever find out what The Boneyard is. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The second book has Quint trying to solve a case where people are murdered and tapes are left in their bodies. A big clue is the Boneyard, and Quint and Davie have to find out what the Boneyard is, and how it is linked to the murders. ( )