[Inspector Rebus 08] • Black & Blue
- Authors
- Rankin, Ian
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press
- Tags
- traditional british , edinburgh (scotland) , serial murderers , mystery , police , police procedural , edinburgh , fiction , scotland , crime , mystery & detective , rebus; inspector (fictitious character) , large type books , general
- ISBN
- 9780783884431
- Date
- 1997-01-13T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.58 MB
- Lang
- en
"Bible John" terrorized Glasgow in the sixties and seventies, murdering three women he met in a local ballroom - and he was never caught. Now a copycat is at work. Nicknamed "Bible Johnny" by the media, he is a new menace with violent ambitions. 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. His investigation takes him north to the oil rigs of Aberdeen, where he meets the Bible Johnny media circus head-on. 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.