Black and Blue

Others in the Rebus series have been uniformly first rate: BLACK & BLUE outreaches them in excellence...His is a superbly drawn character; matched by the edgy authenticity of the Scottish locale and dialogue. Available for the first time on CD.

Inspector John Rebus must disinter all four cases to nail just one killer who might just lead back to the infamous Bible John. And do it while facing the glare of an internal inquiry led by a man he has just accused of taking backhanders from Glasgow's Mr Big, and with TV cameras at his back investigating a miscarriage of justice. One mistake is likely to mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death or, worse still, losing his job. With BLACK & BLUE Ian Rankin joins the elite of British crime writing' Marcel Berlins THE TIMES John Rebus, an outstanding creation...very ambitious and very confident with acute observation of the not so bonny side of Scotland' Mike Ripley, DAILY TELEGRAPH This is the Rebus book that Rankin fans have been waiting for; the one that moves him into the big league' CRIME TIME An outstanding performance' SUNDAY TIMES