Bleeding Hearts
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This article is about the novel. For the plant known as Bleeding Hearts, see Dicentra spectabilis
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Bleeding Hearts is a 1994 crime novel by Ian Rankin
, under the pseudonym Jack Harvey. It is the second novel he wrote under this name.
, but he also suffers from haemophilia
. The wealthy father of a girl he killed by mistake years ago has sworn vengeance on the killer, hiring a private detective (Hoffer) to track him down.
Rankin has said that he wrote this book under the influence of Martin Amis
' novel Money
and that Weston was influenced by that novel's protagonist John Self.
Dicentra spectabilis
Lamprocapnos spectabilis is a rhizomatous perennial plant native to eastern Asia from Siberia south to Japan.-Description:Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to .Flowers...
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Bleeding Hearts is a 1994 crime novel by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin, OBE, DL , is a Scottish crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He has also written several pieces of literary criticism.-Background:He attended Beath High School, Cowdenbeath...
, under the pseudonym Jack Harvey. It is the second novel he wrote under this name.
Plot summary
Michael Weston is a professional assassinAssassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
, but he also suffers from haemophilia
Haemophilia
Haemophilia is a group of hereditary genetic disorders that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or coagulation, which is used to stop bleeding when a blood vessel is broken. Haemophilia A is the most common form of the disorder, present in about 1 in 5,000–10,000 male births...
. The wealthy father of a girl he killed by mistake years ago has sworn vengeance on the killer, hiring a private detective (Hoffer) to track him down.
Rankin has said that he wrote this book under the influence of Martin Amis
Martin Amis
Martin Louis Amis is a British novelist, the author of many novels including Money and London Fields . He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, but will step down at the end of the 2010/11 academic year...
' novel Money
Money (novel)
Money: A Suicide Note is a 1984 novel by Martin Amis. Time magazine included the novel in its "100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present".-Plot summary:...
and that Weston was influenced by that novel's protagonist John Self.