A Question of Blood

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A Question of Blood is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, centering on a school shooting investigation intertwined with the detective’s troubled past.

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instanceOf crime novel
novel
work of fiction
author Ian Rankin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter John Rebus NERFINISHED
Siobhan Clarke NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
police procedural
hasFormat audiobook
e-book
hardcover
paperback
print
hasProtagonistEmployer Lothian and Borders Police NERFINISHED
hasProtagonistOccupation detective
hasSubject guilt
justice
moral ambiguity
murder investigation
police corruption
trauma
violence in schools
hasTheme consequences of violence
loyalty
personal responsibility
redemption
literarySeriesCharacter Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED
mainCharacter John Rebus NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus John Rebus's troubled past
school shooting investigation
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED
publisher Orion Books NERFINISHED
seriesNumberIn Inspector Rebus series NERFINISHED
setIn Edinburgh NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting early 21st century
late 20th century
workType Scottish crime novel

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Ian Rankin notableWork A Question of Blood