Take Rebus to Aberdeen and an oil platform in the North Atlantic, but as usual Your teeth when you finish one, and BlackĪnd Blue is as flinty as they come.” - New York Times Book Review Scottish police procedurals are so gritty you have to pick the shards out of Prose is so graceful, the complicated plot so seamless, and the portraits ofĮven minor characters so searing, it makes for an almost flawless performance.” - Entertainment Weekly

Kind of blistering police procedural that gives the genre a good name.Rankin’s “Ian Rankin is a novelist of great scope, depth and power and Black & Blue is a dark, intensely evocative and altogether riveting thriller.” - Jonathan Kellerman, New York Times bestselling author 'I read several Rankin books in a row, which means they blur together a bit in terms of plot and characters (he also repeats various characters throughout the series, which adds to the confusion but also makes it a more believable world that Rebus lives in), but that's what happens when you find yourself in a genre you don't know with a narrator you instantly like and a series of plots and ruminations that continue to satisfy.' Written with Ian Rankin's signature wit, style and intricacy, Black and Blue is a novel of uncommon and unforgettable intrigue. Suddenly caught in the glare of the television cameras and in the middle of more than one investigation, Rebus must proceed with caution: One mistake could mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or, worse still, losing his job. His investigation takes him north to the oil rigs of Aberdeen, where he meets the Bible Johnny media circus head-on.

The Bible Johnny case would be perfect for Inspector John Rebus, but after a run-in with a crooked senior officer, he's been shunted aside to one of Edinburgh's toughest suburbs, where he investigates the murder of an off-duty oilman. Nicknamed 'Bible Johnny' by the media, he is a new menace with violent ambitions.

'Bible John' terrorized Glasgow in the sixties and seventies, murdering three women he met in a local ballroom-and he was never caught. And convict Lenny Spaven died just to prove a point. Oilman Allan Mitchelson died for his principles. Johnny Bible killed to steal his namesake's glory. Bible John killed three women, and took three souvenirs.

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