I don't think I'd liken them to either except for the fact
that we are dealing with British police. Rankin's Rebus and
Robinson's Banks are the lead characters who are loners -
especially Rebus - within the teams but in Maitland we have
more a feeling of teamwork - except for one which wanders
away from London and has a more amateurish feel to it - and
the main man or woman will vary with the books. We get to
know Rebus and Banks intimately which is not the case with
Kathy and Kolla who are revealed very slowly from one book to
the other but both remain mysteries for the most part,
especially in their private lives. Rebus and the Glasgow
setting are definitely more noir than Maitland.
Nicole
> How do they compare to Ian Rankin's books or Peter
Robinson's? (they
struck
> me as being somewhat similar, but am I
correct?)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Craig Larson
> Trinidad, CO
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