The Black Book

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The Black Book is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, known for its dark Edinburgh setting and intricate, long-buried secrets.

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The Black Book canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Ian Rankin ⓘ
belongsToLiteraryMovement Tartan Noir ⓘ
centralMysteryType cold case ⓘ
unsolved crime ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Brian Holmes ⓘ
Siobhan Clarke ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1993 ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
hasFormat audiobook ⓘ
e-book ⓘ
hardback ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasInspectorRebusSeriesContinuity develops Rebus’s character arc ⓘ
expands recurring Edinburgh setting ⓘ
hasItemInPlot black notebook ⓘ
mysterious notebook ⓘ
hasSubgenre Tartan Noir ⓘ
hasTheme long-buried secrets ⓘ
memory and the past ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
police corruption ⓘ
violence ⓘ
hasTone dark ⓘ
gritty ⓘ
noir ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySeriesCreator Ian Rankin ⓘ
mainCharacter Inspector John Rebus ⓘ
John Rebus ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor complex, interwoven plotlines ⓘ
dark depiction of Edinburgh ⓘ
exploration of Edinburgh’s criminal underworld ⓘ
partOfSeries Inspector Rebus ⓘ
protagonistAffiliation Lothian and Borders Police ⓘ
protagonistOccupation police detective ⓘ
publisher Orion Books ⓘ
seriesNumberInInspectorRebus fifth novel ⓘ
settingCountry Scotland ⓘ
settingLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ian Rankin → notableWork → The Black Book ⓘ
DI John Rebus → appearsIn → The Black Book ⓘ
subject linked to: DI John Rebus in Rebus
Strip Jack → followedBy → The Black Book ⓘ
Mortal Causes → follows → The Black Book ⓘ