Mortal Causes
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Mortal Causes is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin, featuring Inspector Rebus investigating a politically charged murder in Edinburgh.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mortal Causes canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Inspector John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | Edinburgh Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Let It Bleed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Black Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasCrimeType | murder ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInvestigationType | police procedural ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Old Town, Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
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Underground vaults of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | Tartan Noir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
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family secrets ⓘ loyalist paramilitaries ⓘ loyalist paramilitary links to Scotland ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ organized crime ⓘ police investigation ⓘ political extremism ⓘ political violence in Northern Ireland ⓘ politically motivated murder ⓘ sectarianism ⓘ social commentary on Edinburgh ⓘ terrorism ⓘ urban violence ⓘ |
| hasTone |
dark
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gritty ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | Scottish crime fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Tartan Noir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Inspector John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Inspector Rebus series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Inspector John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Orion Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | contemporary to publication ⓘ |
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