The release date for the English version of 'Black and Blue' by
Ian Rankin is Jan 1999. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Scripture John murdered three ladies and stole three trinkets. To usurp the fame of his namesake, Johnny Bible murdered. Allan Mitchelson, an oilman, lost his life for his beliefs. To make a statement, felon Lenny Spaven also passed away. In the 1960s and 1970s, "Bible John" frightened Glasgow by killing three ladies he met in a local ballroom. He was never apprehended, however. A clone is currently at work. Referred to as "Bible Johnny" by the press, he represents a fresh threat with aggressive aspirations.
The Scriptures Inspector John Rebus would love to take up Johnny's case, but after his encounter with a dishonest senior officer, he is sent to a rough neighborhood in Edinburgh and assigned to look into the death of an off-duty oilman. His research leads him to Aberdeen's oil rigs in the north, where he runs into the Bible Johnny media circus. Emerging from the shadows of the TV cameras and tangled up in many investigations, Rebus has to move cautiously; one slip-up may mean an uncomfortable and slow death, or worse, losing his job.
A story of unusual and lasting intrigue, Black and Blue is written with Ian Rankin's trademark humor, flair, and complexity.