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creator of Rebus puts together a really interesting and intricate tale about the police and crime conspiracy centred around the Police Complaints division.
More solid Edinburgh set crime lore from Rankin,out ofI've been enjoying the Inspector Rebus mysteries by sitelinkIan Rankin for the past few years, very much.
sitelinkThe Complaints is the first book in his Malcolm Fox series, It is also set in Edinburgh, Scotland, Fox works for The Complaints aka Internal Affairs, His job is to investigate and catch bad cops,

Fox works with a team of two other cops, Tony Kaye and Joe Naismith.
They in the process of completing an investigation on another cop, Glen Heaton, from another district and turning their findings over to the Procurator General the DA for prosecution.
They get a call from the sex crimes division, DS Annie Inglis and are asked to assist in investigating another cop, DS Jamie Breck.
Sex crimes believes he is involved with a pedophile ring working out of Australia,

As well, Vince Faulkner, partner to Fox's sister Jude, has been found dead, basically beaten to death.
Fox believed that Vince had recently broken his sister's arm and there is now suspicion that maybe Fox had something to do with his death.


That's the basic outline of the story, Fox is now being investigated by another Complaints division and he falls in with Jamie Breck as the two realize that their best outcome might result if they work together.
It's all very fascinating and wellcrafted, There are the usual actions that cause you to throw your hands up and shout, 'Oh, come on now!', but they are few and far between.
There is a nice interaction between the two cops can they trust each other or not Which other cops can the trust and who will help them and who will grass them How does the investigation into Breck and that of the murder of Vince relate, and do they even What about the disappearance of real estate developer Charlie Brogan How does that tie in

It's all very intricate and interesting.
And it's set during thebank / real estate crisis, all described very nicely, Rankin has a lovely flow in his stories, they move along at an excellent pace and are generally entertaining page turners.
At the end of the book, Rankin offers some nice tidbits what are the top five reads of Malcolm Fox and of Jamie Breck I'm more like Fox, btw.
What are Fox and Breck's topfilms once again, I'm more Fox, lol, Anyway, an excellent mystery and just an excellently entertaining story,I liked the twists and turns of this one, As others have mentioned, I found the pace a little slow and the book could have been shorter.
A very well written mystery, . . Looking forward to the next one to be published this fall, . .in the Malcolm Fox Series,
This is a slow, methodical police procedural but its a very satisfying read,
Malcolm Fox is an Inspector with Lothian and Border police force, Scotland,
Malcolm works with The Complaints and Conduct Department, In other word he is the police that police the police and as such is generally hated by all of the other departments.


There is something off in The Lothian and Border Police force and its beginning to smell really bad.
For no reason that Malcolm can think of all the accusing finger seem to be pointing at him.
Malcolm is asked to investigate a fellow officer, DS Breck, Malcolm soon realises that Ds, Breck is clean and wants to know why he is being investigated, He doesnt get any answers so Malcolm decides to approach Breck about his concerns, Breck is taken aback that he is under surveillance and convinces Fox that there is something very amiss.
So together they try to get to the bottoms of whats going on, But the more they dig the muddier the water becomes,
Not before long both Insp, Fox and Ds. Breck are suspended from duty and told not to communicate with each other,
All this achieves is to make Fox and Breck all the more desperate to find out what is going on.


This is a well constructed police procedural, The story takes its time evolve and along the way both Insp, Fox and Ds. Beck develop into characters that you will want to believe in,
So take a seat, relax and let the story envelope you,

Highly recommended.stars.

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Όσοι με γνωρίζουν ξέρουν τη λατρεία που έχω για τον Ian Rankin, Θεωρώ πως είναι ο κορυφαίος στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο στο

είδος του detective fiction. Από ταβιβλία του που έχω διαβάσει τα τελευταίαχρόνια δε με έχει απογοητεύσει κανένα, ακόμη και τα πιο αδύναμά του. Το, στο Τελευταίο τραγούδι για τον Ρέμπους είπαμε αντίο προσωρινά στον επιθεωρητή Τζον Ρέμπους που μας συντρόφευε γιαμυθιστορήματα και δεκάδες άλλες ιστορίες. Δυο χρόνια αργότερα, ο Rankin επέστρεψε με το νέο του ήρωα, τον Μάλκολμ Φοξ.

Στη Σκοτεινή πλευρά, λοιπόν, βρίσκουμε τον Φοξ να εργάζεται ως επιθεωρητής στις Καταγγελίες Complaints. Ένα κομμάτι της βρετανικής αστυνομίας που ερευνά τους ίδιους τους αστυνομικούς για διάφορα περιστατικά όπως δωροδοκίες, κατάχρηση εξουσίας, βία κ. α. Ένα τμήμα που κανείς δε συμπαθεί, αλλά όλοι αναγκάζονται να ανεχθούν. Στη νέα του υπόθεση, ο Μάλκολμ Φοξ θα αναλάβει να ερευνήσει τον Τζέιμι Μπρεκ, ύποπτο για συνδρομή σε σελίδα παιδικής πορνογραφίας, τις ίδιες μέρες που θα βρεθεί νεκρός ο σύντροφος της αδερφής του. Δύο φαινομενικά άσχετα περιστατικά. Όταν βρεθεί και ο ίδιος υπό διερεύνηση, θα αναγκαστεί να συνεργαστεί με τον Μπρεκ για να βρει ποιος και πώς τον ενοχοποίησε, αλλά και να ανακαλύψει το δολοφόνο του παρολίγον γαμπρού του.

Ο Φοξ επιφανειακά μοιάζει πολύ με τον Ρέμπους. Είναι πεισματάρης, ευρηματικός, θαρραλέος με ιδιαίτερη αίσθηση του χιούμορ. Έχει κι αυτός τους προσωπικούς του δαίμονες: πρόβλημα με το αλκοόλ ε βέβαια, μια καριέρα που αποτελεί εμπόδιο στην ερωτική και γενικότερα στην προσωπική του ζωή. Είναι όμως και πολύ διαφορετικός από τον Ρέμπους. Πιο προσεκτικός, προσπαθεί να ακολουθεί εντολές και κανόνες, αν και αναγκάζεται κάποιους να τους παραβιάσει. Πιο προσιτός, πιο ευγενικός, δε διστάζει να εμπιστευτεί και ζητήσει βοήθεια από άλλους.

Ο Ian Rankin καταφέρνει κάθε φορά να συνθέτει περίπλοκα αστυνομικά μυθιστορήματα, συνδυάζοντας περίτεχνα διάφορες υποθέσεις, που όμως διαβάζονται εύκολα και ευχάριστα χωρίς να χάνεται ο αναγνώστης. Η γραφή του δεν είναι ούτε φλύαρη ούτε απλή, αλλά έξυπνη και πνευματώδης. Με φόντο πάντα το μαγευτικό, σκοτεινό και ολοζώντανο Εδιμβούργο, προσέχει να μένει πάντα στην επικαιρότητα. Όλα τα βιβλία του διαδραματίζονται χρονικά το έτος που τα γράφει και πάντα ασχολούνται με κάποιο κοινωνικοπολιτικό πρόβλημα της πόλης ή της χώρας. Στη Σκοτεινή πλευρά συγκεκριμένα, αποτελεί θέμα η κατάρρευση που υπέστη η αγορά ακινήτων εκείνη την περίοδο.

Αν δεν έχετε ξαναδιαβάσει Rankin, η Σκοτεινή πλευρά είναι μια καλή αρχή. Αν δοκιμάσατε και δε σας άρεσε, δώστε του μια ακόμη ευκαιρία διαβάζοντας κάποιο άλλο βιβλίο του, γιατί το καθένα έχει και κάτι διαφορετικό να δώσειMalcolm Fox works in the Complaints and Concerns Department of the Scottish police the equivalent of Internal Affairs in the U.
S. The detectives there learn to develop a thick skin because they're treated with antipathy and even disgust by many of their fellow officers.


Fox receives an assignment to investigate Detective Sargent Jamie Breck, an officer with a magnificent track record within the force, who seems destined for early promotion to detective inspector.
The reason Fox is to investigate Breck is that his name has come up in a pedophilia sting, having paid a membership to join an online site of men who post photos of children.


Fox is no sooner given his assignment before he meets Breck professionally when the detective is assigned to the murder investigation of the murder of the man living with Fox's sister, Jude.


The investigations, both of the murder and into Breck's background, quickly become complicated, It isn't long before the hunters become the hunted and the two men smell a setup.
But why And who is behind it

Ian Rankin pulls his readers into the action early on and keeps the suspense steadily building.
His characters are multifaceted and believable, .