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I picked up Westwind out of curiosity; it’s the “lost” Rankin novel from 1990, revived after years out of print. It also ticked my boxes of interest when it comes to my favourite thriller reads: surveillance, conspiracy, geopolitics, and technological dependence, all themes that feel even more relevant today.
Known for his Rebus crime series, Rankin here tries his hand at a Cold War-style techno-thriller. The setup is classic late-20th-century paranoia: satellites fail, an astronaut is stranded, and strange deaths follow on Earth. It’s fast, conspiratorial, and already shows flashes of Rankin’s sharp pacing.
Still, the book shows its age.…
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