Black & Blue: An Inspector Rebus Novel (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

''Bible John'' terrorized Glasgow in the sixties and seventies, murdering three women he met in a local ballroom - and he was never caught. Now a copycat is at work. Nicknamed ''Bible Johnny'' by the media, he is a new menace with violent ambitions. The Bible Johnny case would be perfect for Inspector John Rebus, but after a run-in with a crooked senior officer, he's been shunted aside to one of Edinburgh's toughest suburbs, where he investigates the murder of an off-duty oilman. His investigation takes him north to the oil rigs of Aberdeen, where he meets the Bible Johnny media circus head-on. Suddenly caught in the glare of the television cameras and in the middle of more than one investigation, Rebus must proceed with caution: One mistake could mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or, worse still, losing his job. When he travels to the oil rigs of Aberdeen to investigate the death of an off-duty oilman, Inspector John Rebus becomes involved with the media circus surrounding the investigation of a violent killer nicknamed "Bible Johnny," who is a copycat of the murderer "Bible John" who terrorized Glasgow thirty years before While investigating the murder of an off-duty oilman, Inspector John Rebus stumbles upon the investigation of a copycat murderer nicknamed Bible Johnny