Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin

Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Another one from Ian Rankin under a pseudonym. This time the theme is a personal enmity between two ex SAS personal.

The one Jay has disappeared after a reconnaissance mission in the Malvinas/Falklands islands. Gordon and Jay had been the only ones on this mission and there was lot of bad blood between the two.

Second Gordon Reeve has retired and is not training people the ropes of clandestine operations in the highlands of Scotland. His brother, a journalist, has shifted to America and keeps in touch once in a while. The latest contact has been a gift from him to his nephew, Gordon's son, a spanking new computer game.

The gift from his brother is followed by the news of his brother's suicide. He decides to go to the USA to pick up his brother's remains and plans to bring it back to England for burial. When he reaches there he is met by one local police official who helps him with the formalities. He stumbles upon a person who has been with his brother during his last days. This person says that his brother has been murdered and has not committed suicide.

This sets him thinking and he starts investigating and this leads him to series of information which is startling. In the process he also encounters Jay. Soon he finds himself running away and chasing Jay alternately.

The climax is set in one of the many islands off the coast of Scotland and is a literal cliff hanger like many a Bollywood movies.

Although not bad one does not feel the warmth that one gets when Rebus is present.

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