A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin

A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Inspector Rebus' hands are scalded and the person who has been stalking D.C. Siobhan Clarke has been burnt to death. Given Rebus' background and propensity for crossing the line he is the first suspect.

This is overshadowed by a shooting in a school in which two students are killed and an ex-SAS man kills himself. A third student who is the son of MSP (Member of Scotland Parliament) is injured. Rebus is roped in by the officer investigating the shooting to get some information from ex-SAS members as Rebus has been through the SAS training but had been rejected.

Soon Rebus with Siobhan as his driver (because his hands are scalded) are running around Edinburgh looking for the culprits in the both the cases. Both weave into each other seamlessly and Rebus, as is his wont, keeps going out of bounds in his own seemingly inimicable way.

Another classic from Ian Rankin.

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