Inspector Rebus Mysteries: A Question of Blood (Paperback)

from BillPilgrim

Inspector Rebus murder/mystery. A private school killing. A former special forces soldier goes into the school, kills two students and wounds a third before turning the gun on himself. Rebus is asked to help figure out why he did it. But, a man who had been threatening and stalking Siobhan has ju...

from Jiraiya

I found out the correct way, if that exists, of reading this series. These books are all about dialogue. Conviviality between two kindred souls is what drives this series. The plot is relegated to the background. The murder of this very book is solved, not through skill, but through procedure of ...

from Cecilturtle

I like Rebus' grittiness and recklessness. Much like Connelly's Inspector Bosch, he is a lone wolf who will go to great lengths to solve the puzzle. The novel has a cast of interesting, colourful and well-rounded characters, a clever twist at the end and a solid plot. The only thing I didn't quit...

from gypsysmom

The book opens with Rebus in hospital with bad burns to both his hands. He claims he fell into a bathtub filled with scalding water but it looks suspicious because a bad guy who had been bothering Siobhan died in a fire the same night Rebus went to hospital. Being under suspicion is nothing new t...

from SamSattler

"A Question of Blood" (Ian Rankin's 14th John Rebus novel) is a complicated police procedural told in seven parts, one part for each day it takes Rebus and Siobhan Clarke to close the books on the Edinburgh school shooting that claims the lives of two students. The case does not appear to be a di...