Ian Rankin

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 …

Black and Blue is a 1997 crime novel by Ian Rankin. The eighth of the Inspector Rebus novels, it was the first to be adapted in the Rebus television series starring John Hannah, airing in 2000. It is considered a landmark entry in the Tartan Noir genre.

È autunno inoltrato, a Edimburgo, e lo è anche per la carriera in polizia dell’ispettore Rebus. Mentre cerca di tirare le fila delle indagini irrisolte, a dieci giorni dalla pensione, ecco spuntare un caso misterioso che pare non avere né capo né coda. Un poeta russo dissidente, Aleksandr Todorov, viene ucciso con un …