A Question of Blood
An Inspector Rebus Novel

This is he 14th adventure of John Rebus, a police detective in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rebus is a somewhat dark, occasionally violent, always acerbic, hard working copper. He is also usually in trouble with his superiors for crossing some line or breaking some rule that he – and the reader – usually fi......more

It's been five years since I last visited with Edinburgh police inspector, John Rebus and his partner, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke. Much too long a time. A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin is the 14th book in this excellent series and it was as engrossing and enjoyable as the other 13. In Questi......more

A Question of Blood Ian Rankin, this took awhile for me to digest, I kept thinking of that serpent that curls around on itself and eats its own tail, had to look that bs up..it's the ouroboros or uroboros let me expand that train of thought, this is a tough gut wrenching story which starts out, not......more

This is one of the better entries in Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series, which in turn is one of the best crime fiction series going. The always cantankerous Rebus is asked to assist in the investigation of a particularly horrible crime. An ex-serviceman has invaded a school, shot and killed two st......more