It had a kind of cool cover, I thought I recognized the author - Ian Rankin - ("didn't he write...?", I said to myself, and then: "I'm sure I've heard good things....") and so I began to read it. It's good to keep a toe in on the contemporary literary scene. And the reviews on the back jacket were excellent, but it was really the title and cover that got me...
Did I say literary? Oooops.
It's a detective story. And it adheres to almost all of the stereotypes I have about detective novels. Who, really, reads this stuff? I'd give this read a 5-O Ooooops rating.
Link: Ian Rankin's Official Website, Wikipedia on Ian Rankin.