I just finished reading A Heart Full of Headstones, Ian Rankin's lastest Inspector Rebus novel. And was surprised that Rankin has put his longtime series protagonist on trial for murder. The book starts out with Rebus in the courtroom in a short section called "Now," followed by the bulk of the novel titled "Then," and finishes as the trial begins in another section called "Now." Why authors are starting to put their heros in jail or kill them off I have no idea. John Straley, the author of the Ceil Younger mystery series, put his hero in jail in the book Baby's First Felony, and Younger was still in there in the follow-up book So Far and Good, although I have to admit that particular book was pretty good. And in Michael Connelly's latest book, Desert Star, he strongly hints that he will kill off Harry Bosch, his longtime LA detective hero, in his next book. I just don't get it, but when Rankin's next Inspector Rebus book comes out, if it does, I will have to read it and find out what happens, probably none of it good.
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