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A Game Called Malice: A Rebus Play
£13.60£18.00 (-24%)
A delicious, and somewhat drunken, dinner party segues into a murder mystery game created by the hostess. However, the parlour game may hold clues about the dark truths hiding just under the surface of this genteel gathering…
As suspects, clues and red herrings are sifted – it seems one of the guests has an unfair advantage: John Rebus, an ex-detective who used to do this for a living.
But is he playing another game, one to which only he knows the rules, that will soon be revealed?
As the tension rises, one by one, all their secrets will come out – and there is a shocking discovery that awaits them all…
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Additional information
| Publisher | Orion (9 Nov. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 128 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1398721131 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1398721135 |
| Dimensions | 13.8 x 1.5 x 21.9 cm |
by Viking
After many years, Ian Rankin has achieved what was surely not his aim – a boring Rebus. This play fails on many levels. A boring plot; unbelievable characters; clunky dialogue – in short, a work without interest or merit. Ian Rankin, in the Afterword, references some truly iconic plays as having given him a steer in writing this playlet. I’m surprised he didn’t include “The Mousetrap”. Because, with the help of Simon Reade (who has to share the responsibility for this dud), what Ian Rankin has produced is a pale imitation of a 1950s pot-boiler. Forget the plays, Ian; stick to the novels. (And how on earth did you get a good degree in English from a great university having made acquaintance with only one play -and that by a 20th century American author?)
by Dith
downloaded kindle sample. never even read the complete sample
will not be purchasing this rubbish
sorry about this from an avid rebus fan
by Lana Preston
Love a whodunnit – always rubbish at guessing who, and this time I was just so tied up in the story I forgot to guess!!
by Von
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