Midnight and Blue: The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller
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By Ian Rankin
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The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.
‘Rebus in jail and better than ever … Surprising, gripping and witty. Rankin has taken the police procedural and transformed into an epic character study of a man and his city … Nobody does it better.’
THE TIMES
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JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A DETECTIVE PUTTING EDINBURGH’S MOST DEADLY CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS.
NOW, HE’S JOINED THEM.
As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head.
That is, until a murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard…
However, this is a case where the prisoners and the guards are all suspects, and everyone has something to hide.
With no badge, no authority and no safety net, Rebus walks a tightrope – with his life on the line.
But how do you find a killer in a place full of them?
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PRAISE FOR MIDNIGHT AND BLUE:
‘Unforgettable … Proves that Rebus is one of the most remarkable characters in crime fiction.’
DAILY MAIL
‘With every novel, Rankin leaves us wanting more. Midnight and Blue is no exception. As Rebus ages, he becomes ever more human, ever more relatable, and the books become even better… This is unmissable.’
MICK HERRON, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller
‘Midnight & Blue is a triumph. Rebus as you’ve never seen him before and Rankin at his best.’
ELLY GRIFFITHS, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller
‘I was absolutely knocked sideways by it – it is utterly marvellous and so touching.’
JILLY COOPER, the Sunday Times Bestseller
‘A taut, claustrophobic thriller, that puts a Golden Age twist on a modern-day tale. The perfect book to keep Rebus fans clanging their tin cups against the prison bars, until the riot kicks off…’
STUART MACBRIDE, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller
‘Kept me up reading until long after midnight. Blew me away. Absolutely brilliant, as always.’
JILL MANSELL, the Sunday Times Bestseller
‘Loved this tense, pacy thriller, jam-packed with action but also a surprising vulnerability.’
B. A. PARIS, the Sunday Times Bestseller
PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN: ‘Ian Rankin is a genius’ LEE CHILD ‘Rebus is one of British crime writing’s greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse’ DAILY MAIL ‘Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading … Rankin has redefined the genre’ GUARDIAN ‘The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life’s pleasures’ EXPRESS ‘Rankin is a phenomenon’ SPECTATOR ‘Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best’ SCOTSMAN ‘The king of crime fiction’ SUNDAY EXPRESS ‘Great fiction, full stop’ THE TIMES
Ian Rankin’s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023 Tweet
Reviews
This is the latest John Rebus story, which was published in 2024. Rebus is in Edinburgh Prison, six months into a life sentence for killing Big Ger Cafferty, the Edinburgh crime boss who’d been Rebus’s nemesis for most of his working life. As an ex-cop Rebus has his own prison cell but Darryl Christie, Cafferty’s biggest crime rival, resides in the same hall. The novel kicks off with a prisoner being found dead in his cell one morning, while his cell-mate lies bleeding and badly injured in the top bunk. As an interested observer on the wrong side of the wire, Rebus finds himself watching his ex-colleagues investigate. There’s action inside and outside of the prison and some familiar characters to get reacquainted with. It’s a complicated plot with lots of moving parts and I found it absorbing.
Review by: Cornish Eskimo, Oundle Crime
