Rebus book 11 · 2000
Set in Darkness
As Edinburgh prepares for the new Scottish Parliament, a decades-old body is found walled up in Queensberry House, the building being turned into its home. Then a would-be member of the parliament is murdered nearby, and Rebus has to work out whether the cases are linked.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Rankin
- Series
- Rebus, book 11 of 25
- Published
- 2000
- Setting
- Set in Edinburgh
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Set in Darkness 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 Set in Darkness
4 recurring or key characters from Ian Rankin’s chart.
Lead 1
- John RebusEdinburgh detective, later retired and working cold cases
Major 2
- Siobhan ClarkeDetective who rises from Rebus’s junior to lead investigator
- 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 Set in Darkness.
- The Hanging Garden1998 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Resurrection Men2002 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Black and Blue1997 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Let It Bleed1995 · Rebus · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon