The police procedural "Let it Bleed" (1996) features Rankin's John Rebus, a character first introduced in "Knots and Crosses" (1987).

Rebus is a hard nosed Edinburgh detective. Once Rebus sets his mind to a case, he never lets go. A problematic virtue when a double suicide investigation uncovers an older deeper case buried by men in the highest levels of Scottish government. Rebus finds himself in above his head and his own superiors urge him to let it go. Like Rebus you will not want to let go and will follow this investigation to the end.

This edition includes excerpt of next Rebus novel. "Black and Blue" offers a touch of true crime, with a rewriting of Glasgow's Bible John murders.

Also, John Hannah plays Inspector Rebus in a TV adaptation of Rankin's popular Rebus series of police procedurals. Rankin has broken Irvine Welsh and Iain Banks's records, with six titles in the Scottish top 10 bestsellers list simultaneously.

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VERY TWISTY PLOT - LITTLE VIOLENCE

"In the dark days and biting windstorms of an Edinburgh winter, two drop-out kids dive off the towering Forth Road Bridge. A civic officer is spattered by a grisley gun-blast. Two suicides and a murder that just don't add up, unless John Rebus can crunch numbers. Following a trail that snakes through stark alleys and sad bars, shredded files and lacerated lives, Rebus finds himself up against an airtight, murderous conglomerate on the make in every arena of power. It's leeching the life and soul out of his city and, it if can, him too..."

A great Detective Rubus Mystery

The detective Rebus series is a great read> He joins Morse as one of my British favorites.

In the dark days and biting windstorms of an Edinburgh winter, two drop-out kids dive off the towering Forth Road Bridge. A civic office is spattered by a grisly gun-blast. Two suicides and a murder that just don't add up.

Inspector Rebus rises to the challenge again.

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