Rebus book 8 · 1997
Black and Blue
A killer the press calls Johnny Bible is copying Bible John, who murdered women in Glasgow in the 1960s and was never caught. Rebus, under investigation himself over an old case, follows another murder to the oil industry of Aberdeen and the North Sea. Winner of the Gold Dagger.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 8 of 25
- Published
- 1997
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Black and Blue 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 Black and Blue
5 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases
Major 3
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
- Jack MortonDetective and Rebus’s friend
- Big Ger CaffertyMorris Gerald Cafferty, Edinburgh crime boss
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 Black and Blue.
- Mortal Causes1994 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead Souls1999 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Black Book1993 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Set in Darkness2000 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon