- Set in Darkness
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name = Set in Darkness
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author =Ian Rankin
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country =Scotland
language = English
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genre = Detectivenovel
publisher =Orion Books
release_date = 2000
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 496 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-7528-7722-4
preceded_by = Dead Souls
followed_by = The Falls"Set in Darkness" is a 2000
crime novel byIan Rankin . It is the eleventh of theInspector Rebus novels.Plot summary
The
Scottish Parliament is about to reopen inEdinburgh after 300 years.Detective Inspector John Rebus is in charge of liaison, as the new parliament is in his patch. While on a tour ofQueensberry House , which is to be incorporated into the new Parliament, a fireplace where legend has it a youth was burned to death is opened up and another, more recent murder victim is found. Then, a prospective MSP called Roddy Grieve is found murdered, and Rebus is expected to find instant answers.The title [See [http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/ianrankin.html interview] ] comes from the poem "The Old Astronomer to his pupil" [ [http://www.generationterrorists.com/poems/the_old_astronomer_to_his_pupil.shtml Online text of poem] ] by
Sarah Williams .Footnotes
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