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Black and Blue

Black and Blue

CrimeMystery
Pages
512
Published
1999
Language
English

Synopsis

Inspector John Rebus faces a chilling case when a new killer, dubbed 'Johnny Biblia,' starts mimicking the unsolved murders of a notorious 60s and 70s serial killer. As Rebus connects four new victims, he's also battling an internal investigation into his own conduct and hounded by a TV crew probing judicial errors. Every move could cost him his career or worse, in this high-stakes game of cat and mouse.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseGritty
Morally GreyBetrayal

Genres

Crime Mystery Thriller Hardboiled Police Procedural Psychological Thriller

Authors

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Ian Rankin

Sir Ian Rankin (born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels, beginning with Knots and Crosses (1987). He studied at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1982, and has since written more than thirty novels, most set in and around Edinburgh. He was appointed OBE in 2002 for services to literature, received the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 2005, and was knighted in the...

Characters

John RebusProtagonist
Johnny BibliaAntagonist
John BibliaAntagonist
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