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Saints of the Shadow Bible

By: Ian Rankin
Narrated by: James MacPherson
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Sunday Times number-one best seller Ian Rankin returns with his gripping new Rebus novel. Unabridged edition featuring a bonus interview with Ian Rankin and James MacPherson.

Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus' team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer, are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide?

His colleagues back then called themselves 'the Saints' and swore a bond on something called 'the Shadow Bible'. But times have changed, and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer, especially with a referendum on Scottish independence just around the corner.

Who are the saints and who the sinners? And can the one ever become the other?

Features a bonus interview with Ian Rankin and James MacPherson.

Read by James MacPherson. James MacPherson played DCI Jardine in Taggart for 16 years and has acted on stage in plays as diverse as The Taming of the Shrew and ART by Yasmina Reza. He has presented a regular books programme for Radio Scotland - for which he has interviewed Ian Rankin. He won a Spoken Word Gold Award for his reading of Strip Jack, a Crimefest Audible UK Sounds of Crime Award for Doors Open and has narrated all the Ian Rankin Rebus books. James lives in Glasgow.

©2013 John Rebus Ltd (P)2013 Orion Publishing Group
Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime
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Good solid story. No unrealistic tangents or fluff.
Narrator doesn't quite give the same age range as the Rebus but still very enjoyable.

Reliable Rebus.

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Brillianly narrated. Very good storyline with ordinary crimes and difficult solutions that require Rebus and his friends or colleagues to do their best to solve them. Of course he gets the sack in the process but I'm sure they'll get him back. DI Fox starts his conversion from bad guy internal affairs to Future good guy detective?? Brilliantly compiled story

Rebus at his dodgy and successful best

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Just seem Rd to be a lot of people talking about something that might have happened 30 years ago that involved people that you know nothing about and don’t care about.
There was a bit of action sprinkled through it but not nearly enough.

So boring

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