Bleeding Hearts
{{short description|1994 novel by Ian Rankin}}
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{{infobox book|
| name = Bleeding Hearts
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| translator =
| image = Image:JackHarveyBleedingHearts.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Ian Rankin
(writing as Jack Harvey)
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| country = Scotland
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Thriller
| publisher = Orion Books
| release_date = 1994
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 316 pages
| isbn = 0-7472-0999-5
| oclc = 46600414
| preceded_by = Witch Hunt
| followed_by = Blood Hunt
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Bleeding Hearts is a 1994 crime novel by Ian Rankin, the second of his novels to be published under the pseudonym Jack Harvey.
Plot summary
Michael Weston is a professional assassin who suffers from haemophilia. The wealthy father of a girl he killed by mistake years ago has sworn vengeance, hiring a private detective (Hoffer) to track him down.
Background
Rankin has said that he wrote this book under the influence of Martin Amis's novel Money and that Weston was influenced by that novel's protagonist, John Self.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/bleeding-hearts-00/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405051658/http://www.mtv.com/artists/bleeding-hearts-00/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2015 |title=Bleeding Hearts |date= |accessdate= |website=www.mtv.com |publisher= |last= |first=}}
Reception
The novel was not much reviewed on release, but gained more attention when re-released under the name of Ian Rankin in 2006.{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Natalie |date=2006-11-19 |title=Let It Bleed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Moore.t.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Publishers Weekly compared it negatively to the Rebus books, whilst praising the "nonstop action, copious violence and arcane details about weaponry and forensics."{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2025 |title=Bleeding Hearts by Ian Rankin |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780316009126 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}
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Category:British thriller novels
Category:Works published under a pseudonym
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