A Song for the Dark Times

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A Song for the Dark Times is a crime novel in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series, set against contemporary social unrest and exploring themes of aging, justice, and personal loyalty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel
novel
author Ian Rankin NERFINISHED
belongsToTradition Tartan Noir NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
exploresRelationship father–daughter relationship
featuresCharacter Malcolm Fox NERFINISHED
Siobhan Clarke NERFINISHED
firstPublicationDate 2020-10-01
followedBy A Heart Full of Headstones NERFINISHED
followsWork In a House of Lies NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hasCentralConflict investigation into a disappearance
hasCoverArtist Orion Books design team
hasCriticalReception generally positive reviews
hasFormat hardcover
paperback
hasISBN 9781409176978
hasMotif memory and the past
political protest
hasPageCount 320
hasProtagonistOccupation retired detective
hasProtagonistStatus semi-retired
hasSettingElement remote Scottish community
hasTargetAudience adult readers
isWrittenByNationality Scottish author
language English
literaryCategory Scottish crime fiction
mainCharacter John Rebus NERFINISHED
marketedAs Inspector Rebus novel
mediaType audiobook
ebook
print
narrativePerspective third-person
partOfSeries Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
precededBy In a House of Lies NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2020
publisher Orion Books NERFINISHED
seriesNumber 23
setInCountry Scotland NERFINISHED
settingPeriod contemporary era
theme aging
justice
personal loyalty
social unrest

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Ian Rankin notableWork A Song for the Dark Times