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Black & Blue is a 1997 crime novel by Ian Rankin. The eighth of the Inspector Rebus novels, it was the first to be adapted in the Rebus television series starring John Hannah , airing in 2000. It is considered a landmark entry in the Tartan Noir genre.
Rebus re-establishes their friendship during Black and Blue (1997( when he meets him during an investigation. Morton helps him give up alcohol and paint his apartment. Afterward, though Morton returns to Falkirk, he acts as sponsor for Rebus, talking him through his temptations to drink.
Rebus is a British television detective drama series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The series, produced by STV Studios for the ITV network, was broadcast between 26 April 2000 and 7 December 2007, and consisted of fourteen episodes across four series.
Rebus, the police drama set in Edinburgh, Scotland, originally ran in the UK on ITV from 2000-2007, but a new limited series reboot starring Outlander’s Richard Rankin in the title role is now ...
Rebus’s early career must be retrospectively constructed from information in later books. Some time before 1976, he joined the police and, after some training, started out as a Detective Constable. His mentor then was DI Laurence Geddes (Black and Blue), who retired around 1976 after the Spaven Case.
The 1997 book, Black & Blue, which linked Rebus's case with the unsolved Bible John murders, achieved the double goal of sales and prestige. First, it was a best-seller and the backlist of Rebus novels came into high demand. [ 3 ]
But as Inspector Rebus returns to screens for the first time since 2007, should there be a reappraisal of the troubled detective trope? STATE OF THE ARTS: Whether it’s Poirot’s vanity or Nero ...
Rebus is a Scottish crime drama television series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by Sir Ian Rankin, and starring Richard Rankin in the titular role. The episodes are written by Gregory Burke, directed by Niall MacCormick and Fiona Walton. Burke and Ian Rankin also serve as executive producers.