The Black Book
Inspector Rebus Series: Book #5
- By: Ian Rankin
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
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“In Rankin, you cannot go wrong.” —The Boston Globe
“A superior series.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Reading [Ian Rankin] is like watching somebody juggle a dozen bottles of single malt without spilling a drop.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh’s seedy Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten and unsolved, the case reappears when a charred body—with a bullet in its head—is found among the ruins. Inspector John Rebus knows that his superiors would prefer he leave things alone. He knows that part of the answer lies somewhere in a cryptic black notebook. And he knows that to solve the case, he’ll have to peel back layer after layer of unspeakable secrets to arrive at the truth.
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Inspector Rebus Series Series
Knots and Crosses
By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Detective John Rebus’s city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders…and he’s tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. As the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn’t just one cop trying to catch a killer—he’s the man who’s got... Read more »
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Hide and Seek
By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
In a shadowy, crumbling Edinburgh housing development, a junkie lies dead of an overdose, his body surrounded by signs of Satanic worship. Inspector John Rebus could call it an accident. But won’t. Now he’s got to search the city, from the tunnels of its dark underbelly to the private sanctum of the upper crust, to find the perfect hiding place... Read more »
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The Black Book
By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
“In Rankin, you cannot go wrong.” —The Boston Globe
“A superior series.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Reading [Ian Rankin] is like watching somebody juggle a dozen bottles of single malt without spilling a drop.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh’s seedy Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten... Read more »
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Mortal Causes
By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 9 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
In Edinburgh you're never far from a peaceful spot, or from a hellish one either. Now, in the heart of summer, in the midst of a nationalist festival, Inspector John Rebus is on the murder case of a young man left hanging in a spot where his screams would never be heard. To find the victim's identity—and his killer—Rebus searches from... Read more »
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Black and Blue
By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 14 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A murdered oil rig worker. A copycat serial killer dubbed “Johnny Bible.” And a reopened investigation that doesn’t bode well for Detective John Rebus or his mentor, Inspector Lawson Geddes. Rebus’s Scotland, along with his malt-soaked psyche, is riddled with trouble. Now he’s got to tie up the loose ends if he wants to save his job—or live to... Read more »
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The Hanging Garden
By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Drugs. Extortion. Slavery. Organized crime is fighting for a hold on John Rebus’s peaceful Scotland. And when Rebus rescues a young Bosnian girl forced into prostitution, he breaks a policeman’s golden rule to never get personally involved in a case. Add to that the hunt for an elderly Nazi accused of slaughtering an entire French village, and... Read more »
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Fleshmarket Alley
By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 14 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Inspector John Rebus has confronted Edinburgh’s most hardened criminals, its bloodiest crime scenes, and its most dangerous backstreets—but nothing could have prepared him for what he finds on Fleshmarket Alley.
In the city’s red-light district, men live out their sordid fantasies, and women with no other choice sell their bodies to make a buck.... Read more »
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