Midnight and Blue
An Inspector Rebus Novel
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4.4 • 38 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
John Rebus spent his life as a cop putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars. Now having been convicted of a homicide, he's joined them…
A convict is brutally murdered in his locked cell deep in the heart of Scotland’s most infamous prison. Sleeping in a cell across the floor lies John Rebus, the equally notorious detective. Stripped of his badge and estranged from his police family, he is now fighting for his own life - protected by an old nemesis but always one wrong move away from the shank. As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even this legendary figure struggles to keep his head.
They say old habits die hard, though. The death stirs Rebus’s deductive - and manipulative - impulses, setting off a domino-chain of scheming criminals, corrupt prison guards and perhaps only one or two good souls who may see it all through.
But how do you find a killer in a place full of them?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
John Rebus gets pulled into a jailhouse murder case while serving time for killing his nemesis in Rankin's satisfying 25th mystery featuring the former Edinburgh detective (after Dead Souls). When gangster Jackie Simpson is found dead in his cell, with his cellmate beaten and left in a drugged stupor, the hunt for a killer kicks off. Rebus, a notorious lone wolf, nevertheless remains on good terms with some of his former colleagues on the Edinburgh police force, and he takes it on himself to aid the investigation from inside prison walls. Departmental politics, rarely straightforward, grow downright vicious as Rebus's involvement becomes a matter of debate. In a gripping subplot, a teenager's disappearance, reappearance, and role in a shocking sex scandal turn out to be linked to Simpson's web of crime. The narrative gradually sprawls across a noirish Edinburgh populated by hard-nosed cops and criminals, but Rankin pulls everything together with a brisk conclusion that hints Rebus might be back on the streets soon. Though this doesn't rank among Rankin's best, it's still a page-turner.
Customer Reviews
Rebus
One of my favorite Rebus books!