A Question of Blood

A Question of Blood

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name = A Question of Blood
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author = Ian Rankin
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country = Scotland
language = English
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genre = Detective novel
publisher = Orion Press
release_date = 2003
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 440 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-7528-5896-3
preceded_by = Resurrection Men
followed_by = Fleshmarket Close

"A Question of Blood" is a 2003 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the fourteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels.

Plot summary

At a private school two teenagers are killed by an ex-Army loner who then turns the gun on himself. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'there's no mystery...except the why'. In searching for these answers, Rebus finds himself drawn into a shattered community and a link with his own past. He becomes fascinated with the killer who had friends and enemies aplenty, from politicians to goths, and who left behind a web of secrets and lies.

Meanwhile, Rebus faces his own trials: DS Siobhan Clarke has been stalked by a petty criminal who is found burnt to death in his own home. Rebus is fresh out of hospital, hands heavily bandaged.


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