Rebus book 14 · 2003
A Question of Blood
A former soldier walks into a private school near Edinburgh and shoots two pupils before turning the gun on himself. Rebus, his hands badly scalded in an incident he will not explain, is called in because of his own army past.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 14 of 25
- Published
- 2003
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 3
- Chart confidence
- Medium
A Question of Blood on screen
- Rebus (2000–2007, series, ITV). John Hannah and then Ken Stott play the Edinburgh detective inspector, working cases that reach from the city’s wealthy New Town to its forgotten estates.
Who is in A Question of Blood
3 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases
Major 1
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
Minor and cameo 1
- Gill TemplerRebus’s former lover, later his boss
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Rankin books that share the most characters with A Question of Blood.
- The Falls2001 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Naming of the Dead2006 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Set in Darkness2000 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Exit Music2007 · Rebus · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon