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The Black Book
The Black Book | Ian Rankin
11 posts | 14 read | 5 to read
The fifth Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' DAILY MIRROR. When a close colleague is brutally attacked, Inspector John Rebus is drawn into a case involving a hotel fire, an unidentified body, and a long forgotten night of terror and murder. Pursued by dangerous ghosts and tormented by the coded secrets of his colleague's notebook, Rebus must piece together the most complex and confusing of jigsaws. But not everyone wants the puzzle solved - perhaps not even Rebus himself...
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TrishB
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Seemed to take forever to finish - but definitely a me not you thing.
Not my fave of the series, felt like a bit of a filler, but again that maybe me.

BarbaraBB Is it a Rebus? 4y
TrishB @BarbaraBB it is 👍🏻 4y
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TrishB
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It‘s the new train reading! I had yet to find a mask that felt comfortable, my daughter brought me this one, it‘s aged 3!!
Had a hectic few days, no reading done at all but lots of stressful panicking and crying! Off taking daughter to uni.

JennyM Ah, Trish. Sending you a massive hug to help get you through the day. It sounds very stressful. Hope all goes ok with your daughter. And I think your mask looks lovely. Hugs, hugs, hugs😘❤️😘 (edited) 4y
Centique Best wishes Trish and virtual hugs 💕 Your mask looks cool as! 4y
squirrelbrain Hope your day goes better than the last few.... sending lots of love 😘 4y
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Velvetfur Cute little mask! Sorry to hear how things have been lately and I'm sure your daughter will love Uni and do super-well there xxx 4y
KarenUK Sending loads of love @TrishB Hope the day goes well... 💕 4y
erzascarletbookgasm Hugs! Hope your daughter settles down at Uni very quickly. 💕 4y
Suet624 ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
rockpools Hugs to all of you. Best wishes to your daughter for the new start, and hope the day goes smoothly ❤️ 4y
mom2bugnbee We did the same a few weeks ago - hang in there! ♥ 4y
AmyG Wishing your daughter all the best in school. You will survive...and she will do great!!! 😘 4y
MicheleinPhilly 😘😘 4y
Caroline2 Sending hugs to you both and hoping it goes ok. 💖 4y
LeahBergen Sending love to you! 💙💙💙 4y
Balibee146 Big hug to you all ❤️❤️ 4y
Reggie @TrishB all the ⭐️‘s on that mask! Very cool! Hope, this next week is better! 4y
Kalalalatja Hugs! Hope everything goes well 💕 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I hope it all goes well! 4y
BarbaraBB Take care ❤️ 4y
Cinfhen Love to you and C!!!!! Mask looks cute 😍 4y
TrishB @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen thank you 😘 4y
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TrishB
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#currentread
Managed a chapter with breakfast this morning! Back to the (home) office now.

Cathythoughts Another good one 👍🏻... I must get back to Rebus soon ❤️ 4y
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Cathythoughts
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Loving this one ! In the introduction Rankin says we need to know that ‘lum‘ is the Scottish word for a chimney. It will help us get one of his favorite bad puns in this series ... I just got it 🤣😂it‘s brilliant, I love bad puns & a corny sense of humour.
This is the one featuring the Heartbreak Cafe ...
Rebus ❤️

Cathythoughts We got a present of this jar of bulls eye sweets .. so delicious, I havnt had one in years 4y
TrishB Great afternoon 👍🏻 haven‘t seen those sweets for ages! 4y
LeahBergen Those sweets look good! 4y
Cathythoughts @TrishB @LeahBergen I know they are real old fashioned sweets .... delicious. My modern granddaughter is fascinated with them ( anything with sugar 🤣 4y
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SauerPatch
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Thanks for the tag @ju.ca.no ! All but a handful of my books are in storage, but I was able to #ISpy these black covers. 🖤

@JazzFeathers @MoonWitch94 @shortsarahrose , can any of you #ISpy any books with stars on their covers? ⭐️😊

ju.ca.no Lovely covers😍 4y
MoonWitch94 Thanks for the tag 🖤⭐️ 4y
Andrew65 Great choices. 4y
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Suelizbeth
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This, the 5th book in the Inspector Rebus mysteries, is the best one yet! It has everything: really scary bad guys, a seemingly unsolvable crime, bad things happening to good guys, from all sides, characters‘ flaws that are just enough to highlight their humanity, a satisfying, though not completely resolved, ending. Time to get more books in this series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Minervasbutler
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Fifth in his Edinburgh-based crime series featuring Inspector John Rebus, and Rankin really has hit his stride by now. Rebus is assigned to lead a stake-out designed to incriminate "Big Ger" Rafferty, but is soon off pursuing his own investigation into a mysterious hotel fire of five years earlier. All the strands come together most satisfactorily and it's all seasoned with a dollop of laconic humour. Highly recommended.

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Eggs
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rabbitprincess
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At one point we had three copies of The Black Book: one I ordered online, one I bought at a bookstore and gave to my mum because she didn't have it, and one in an omnibus that my mum didn't realize she'd owned until she got it back from my grandparents 😜
#seasonsreadings2016 day 13: duplicates

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Ammar25
The Black Book | Ian Rankin
Mehso-so

My least favourite Inspector Rebus so far.

It's less noir than the previous books

Rebus got too much on his plate and I think he was limited in his actions and ideas as he was preoccupied with his Brother being living with him after he was released from prison.

It's a good read not the best