num_pages: 498
description: Rebus is juggling four cases trying to nail one killer - who might just lead back to the infamous Bible John. And he's doing it under the scrutiny of an internal inquiry led by a man he's just accused of taking backhanders from Glasgow's Mr Big. Added to that there are TV cameras at his back investigating a miscarriage of justice, making Rebus a criminal in the eyes of a million or more viewers. Just one mistake is likely to mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or, worse still, losing his job.
language: English
title: Black and Blue
titlecomplete: Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
characters: Inspector John Rebus
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Scotland, Novels
ratings_count: 17074
places: Edinburgh, Scotland
series: Inspector Rebus
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: The Macallan Gold Dagger
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen
publisher: Orion Books Ltd