Black and Blue Ian Rankin,
Publisher: Orion Pub Co
ISBN: 0752809482
Edition: Paperback; 1997-12-31
Summary:
"I'm a peeper, he thought, a voyeur. All cops are. But he knew he was
more than that: he liked to get involved in the lives around him. He
had a need to know which went beyond voyeurism. It was a drug. And
the thing was, when he had all this knowledge, he then had to use
booze to blank it out..." In his ninth outing, Edinburgh's glowering
and tenacious Inspector John Rebus finds a unique way of cutting back
on alcohol. Convinced that Rebus might lie or try to destroy evidence
in the reopened case of a man convicted of a murder he probably
didn't commit, the investigating officer assigns him a babysitter.
Luckily, the minder is one of Rebus's old mentors, Jack Morton, a
former drinking buddy now waging a successful battle against the
bottle. Rebus and Morton burn off energy and anger repainting Rebus's
apartment, while trying to clear Rebus's name and exploring the
connection between a recent string of murders and a real-life
Scottish serial killer of the 1970s known as Bible John. The cases
take Rebus to Aberdeen and an oil platform in the North Atlantic, but
as usual the main action happens within the mind and soul of Rankin's
meticulously crafted creation. Previous entries in the memorable
Rebus series are also available, including Let It Bleed, Hide and
Seek, Knots and Crosses, Mortal Causes, and Tooth and Nail.
Book Details:
Edition Info: Paperback; 1997-12-31
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