The Black Book: An Inspector Rebus Mystery
Mar 2011 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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The exciting fifth novel in Edgar Award–winning author Ian Rankin’s bestselling Inspector Rebus series, in which Rebus investigates a forgotten hotel fire and the brutal attack of a fellow officer, uncovering a tangled web of secrets someone will kill to keep buried.
When the Central Hotel, a place of decidedly unsavory reputation, burned to the ground in a mysterious fire, the Edinburgh police were unable to disguise their delight. That is, until a body was found in the still-smoldering ashes, charred beyond all identification but with a bullet lodged in its skull.
Now, five years later, Inspector John Rebus is following any leads in a vicious off-duty ambush that has put one of his favorite junior officers into a coma. When he discovers a cheap black notebook belonging to the wounded policeman, he finds a cryptic allusion to the almost-forgotten blaze, but crucial pieces of the puzzle obstinately refuse to fall into place.
What could young Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes have learned to render him such a threat that he must be silenced at all costs? “The past is important,” Rebus hardly needs to remind himself, yet the secrets he persists in uncovering are buried in layer upon layer of sordid and evil lies.
When the Central Hotel, a place of decidedly unsavory reputation, burned to the ground in a mysterious fire, the Edinburgh police were unable to disguise their delight. That is, until a body was found in the still-smoldering ashes, charred beyond all identification but with a bullet lodged in its skull.
Now, five years later, Inspector John Rebus is following any leads in a vicious off-duty ambush that has put one of his favorite junior officers into a coma. When he discovers a cheap black notebook belonging to the wounded policeman, he finds a cryptic allusion to the almost-forgotten blaze, but crucial pieces of the puzzle obstinately refuse to fall into place.
What could young Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes have learned to render him such a threat that he must be silenced at all costs? “The past is important,” Rebus hardly needs to remind himself, yet the secrets he persists in uncovering are buried in layer upon layer of sordid and evil lies.
The exciting fifth novel in Edgar Award–winning author Ian Rankin’s bestselling Inspector Rebus series, in which Rebus investigates a forgotten hotel fire and the brutal attack of a fellow officer, uncovering a tangled web of secrets someone will kill to keep buried.
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Ian Rankin is an award-winning, bestselling crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. He is a winner of the Edgar Award, the Crime Writers of America Silver Dagger Award, and the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship, among others. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his partner and two sons.
Ian Rankin is an award-winning, bestselling crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. He is a winner of the Edgar Award, the Crime Writers of America Silver Dagger Award, and the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship, among others. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his partner a...
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