I sometimes find it hard to keep up with all the different characters that ian rankin introduces, but like a ball of tangled wool it unravels towards the end of. Bible john killed three women, and took three souvenirs. I sometimes find it hard to keep up with all the different characters that ian rankin introduces, but like a ball of tangled wool it unravels towards the end of the book, as all becomes clear. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial.
Black and blue by ian rankin books hachette australia. Pursued by dangerous ghosts and tormented by the coded secrets of his colleagues notebook, rebus must piece together a. Download the inspector rebus audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device. Black and blue has 20 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Any clues have to be heavily investigated even if it means at rebuss peril. In ian rankin eighth novel in the series, black and blue, became rankins first international best seller. This captivating police procedural is set in the northern reaches of scotland. In this novel detective inspector john rebus is working on four cases at once trying to catch a killer he suspects of being the infamous bible john. Black and blue inspector rebus novels ian rankin on. Hands in his pockets, rebus turned to face cafferty.
Rebus is juggling four cases trying to nail one killer who might just lead back to the infamous bible. Rebus is juggling four cases trying to nail one killer who might just lead back to the infamous bible john. Black and blue by ian rankin read by stuart langton. Read by james macpherson rebus is juggling four cases trying to nail one killer who might just lead back to the infamous bible john. Audiobook cd, 2014 audiobook cd, 2014 massmarket paperback, 2012.
Written by ian rankin, audiobook narrated by michael page. Rebus is dragged back into his past via both the potential reemergence of bible john who after years dormant appears to be back killing woman in. The novels, centred on detective inspector john rebus, are mostly based in and around edinburgh. Let it bleed is something of an outlaw cop, a harddrinking, rockandrollloving loner who tends to make his superiors see red. In the 1960s, the infamous bible john terrorised scotland when he murdered three women, taking three souvenirs. Stuart langton, a 34yearold native of england who has lived in the u. Black and blue is a 1997 crime novel by ian rankin. Read black and blue by ian rankin available from rakuten kobo. The inspector rebus books are a series of detective novels by the scottish author ian rankin. Ian rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of abertay, st andrews, edinburgh, hull and the open university. Make offer ian rankin blood hunt audiobook 10 x cassette audio tapes ex library.
And a reopened investigation that doesnt bode well for detective john rebus or his mentor, inspector lawson geddes. Unlike the earlier rebus novels, black and blue mixes fact and fiction much more closely. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Edinburgh police detective john rebus takes us to aberdeen, inverness, and the shetlands on a quest for serial killers and drug dealers. Black and blue is one of the first more expansive inspector rebus novels, at some 400 pages. Read black and blue an inspector rebus mystery by ian rankin available from rakuten kobo. From his beginnings as a young detective constable in dead and buried, right up to. Black and blue audiobook by ian rankin 9781409158943. While investigating the violent death of a north sea oil worker in edinburgh, rebus becomes a suspect in the police hunt for a serial killer known as johnny bible. Black and blue ian rankin, dramatised by chris dolan. Black and blue the eighth ian rankin book to feature his legendary detective john rebus is in my opinion the best of the series so far. They were old men now, similar builds, similar backgrounds.
Ian rankins work is now appearing in university literature departments, as modern examples of complex crime fictional works. Bbc radio 4 did dramatizations of rankins the falls 2008, resurrection men 2008, strip jack 2010, the black book 2012, and black and blue 20 conclusion. The complete rebus stories collects all of ian rankins rebus short stories for the first time, including two neverbefore published tales written specifically for this collection. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. The beat goes on collects all of ian rankin s rebus short stories for the first time, including two neverbeforepublished tales written specifically for this collection. An inspector rebus novel rankin, ian, dunlop, joe on. Buy black and blue by ian rankin online at alibris. Black and blue 8 by ian rankin 2014, mp3 cd, unabridged at the best online prices at ebay. Written by ian rankin, narrated by james macpherson. And hes doing it under the scrutiny of an internal inquiry led by a man he has just accused of taking backhanders from glasgows mr big. Black and blue audiobook by ian rankin, read by michael page. It was useful to have back story on some of the characters. Lovers of crime fiction wont want to miss renowned author ian rankin in conversation with expert forensic anthropologist, professor sue black.
Rebus is dragged back into his past via both the potential reemergence of bible john who after years dormant appears to be back killing woman in scotland and seemingly leaving no clues. Ian rankin was born in the kingdom of fife in 1960, ian rankin graduated from the university of. Listen to black and blue by ian rankin available from rakuten kobo. Inspired by the case of an unidentified serial killer thought to have operated in glasgow in the 1960s, the work was the basis of the first episode of the rankinpenned rebus, a 14part television program based. Buy a cheap copy of black and blue book by ian rankin. He is a winner of the edgar award and the crime writers of americas gold dagger award, among others, and was the recipient of a raymond chandler fulbright fellowship. Inspector john rebus must disinter all four cases to nail just one killer who might just lead back to the infamous bible john. When a close colleague is brutally attacked, di john rebus is drawn into a case involving an unidentified body and murder. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Now a copycat nicknamed bible johnny is at worka new menace with violent ambitions. Black and blue book by ian rankin 20 available editions.