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Ian rankin became a published author in 1986 when the flood was released. Rankin also reveals the story of rebus and how he came into being, who he is. The eighth of the inspector rebus novels, it was the first to be adapted in the rebus television series starring. Ian rankin s guide to the places in scotland that have provided inspiration for his bestselling inspector rebus novels. His next novel, knots and crosses was the beginning of the inspector rebus character. In ian rankin eighth novel in the series, black and blue, became rankins first international best seller. And hes doing it under the scrutiny of an internal inquiry led by a man hes just accused of taking backhanders from glasgows mr big.
Black and blue by ian rankin rebus is juggling four cases trying to nail one killer who might just lead back to the infamous bible john. Publishers weekly dec 1, 1997 rankin s inspector john rebus mortal causes. Buy black and blue by ian rankin from waterstones today. Rankin has already established rebus as a loner that works best on the edges and this book builds on that. From his beginnings as a young detective constable in dead and buried, right up to his dramatic, but not quite final, retirement in the.
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