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 has just accused of taking backhanders from Glasgow's Mr Big. As if this wasn't enough, 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: Murder Mystery, Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Scotland, Crime, Novels, Mystery Thriller, Detective, British Literature
ratings_count: 17080
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